Keystone Elevator Co. v. Johnson & Wales University

OPINION

SUTTELL, Justice.

The defendants, Johnson & Wales University (University) and Agostini Construction Company, Inc. (Agostini) (collectively, defendants), appeal from the Superior Court’s award of $12,383 in attorneys’ fees to the plaintiff, Keystone Elevator Company, Inc. (Keystone), as the prevailing party in its mechanics’ lien petition. The plaintiff was awarded $11,705 in the underlying action. 1

The defendants raise four issues on appeal: (1) whether the procedural means Keystone utilized to request attorneys’ fees were sufficient; (2) whether Keystone qualifies as the “prevailing…