Bushnell v. Barker

Justice LEE,

opinion of the Court:

T1 This is a contract dispute between an accounting firm and its client that has ebbed on appeal into a contest over attorney fees and costs. The district court denied Dale Barker's request for attorney fees under the reciprocal attorney fees statute, Utah Code section 78B-5-826. The court of appeals affirmed. It also affirmed denial of Barker's request for costs. We affirm the court of appeals' decision as to attorney fees under our analysis in Hooban v. Unicity International, Inc., 2012 UT 19, -- P.3d -, 2012 WL 10086583, a parallel case also decided today.…