Camelback Plaza Development, L.C. v. Hard Rock Café International (Phoenix), Inc.

Opinion

TIMMER, Judge.

¶ 1 Hard Rock Café International (Phoenix), Inc., appeals from the trial court’s award of attorneys’ fees to Camelback Plaza Development, L.C., after the latter prevailed in its commercial forcible detainer action and requested fees pursuant to the terms of its lease. Hard Rock argues that the trial court erred because such awards are not authorized in commercial forcible detainer lawsuits. To resolve this appeal, we must decide these issues:

1. Did the legislature empower the trial court to award attorneys’ fees to Camel-back Plaza by amending Arizona Revised Statutes…