Williams v. Cabinet Masters, Inc.

Defendants seek to recover attorney fees that they incurred in successfully opposing two petitions for review that plaintiff filed in this court. The issues are whether recovery of such attorney fees is authorized by statute and, if it is, what limitations, if any, apply to the attorney fee award. We conclude that defendants are not entitled to recover their attorney fees in this court because they already have been awarded fees up to the maximum amount allowed under ORS 36.425, the statute upon which they base their request.

The facts relevant to defendants’ petition for attorney fees are…