House v. Hicks

Plaintiff appeals a supplemental judgment awarding defendants a prevailing party fee of $5,000. He assigns error to the prevailing party fee award on various grounds, including that the trial court failed to hold a hearing on his objections to defendants’ request for the award. We agree that the trial court erred in failing to hold a hearing and therefore reverse and remand. In light of that disposition, we need not address plaintiffs other assignments of error.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff filed a complaint against defendants University of Oregon and Thomas Hicks, a…