Legal Opinion
Britt v. Steffen
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided December 26, 2008No. 1 CA-CV 07-0517PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HALL, Judge.
¶ 1 In 1987, the Arizona Supreme Court held in Mark Lighting Fixture Co. v. General Electric Supply Co. (Mark Lighting II) that a judgment dismissing a complaint for lack of prosecution deprived the superior court of jurisdiction to rule on a subsequent application for attorneys’ fees. 155 Ariz. 27, 31-32, 745 P.2d 85, 89-90. This case presents the issue whether Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure 54(b) and (g), amended after Mark Lighting II, authorize a trial court to consider an application for attorneys’ fees filed after entry of a judgment dismissing a complaint for lack…
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