Vega v. Sullivan

OPINION

PELANDER, Judge.

¶ 1 Defendant/appellant Lynda Sullivan appeals from a judgment awarding attorney’s fees and expert witness fees to plaintiffs/appellees Barbara and Vicente Vega pursuant to former Rule 7(f), Uniform Rules of Procedure for Arbitration (Uniform Rules), 17B A.R.S. 1 That rule governs the awarding of costs and fees on appeal to superior court from an arbitration award. In determining whether the rule mandated such an award after a trial de novo in superior court, the trial court included taxable costs in both the arbitration award and the judgment when comparing the two. We…