Kahn v. Canfield

Petitioners (hereafter referred to by their trial role as plaintiffs), who prevailed against respondents (hereafter defendants) both at trial and in the Court of Appeals in an underlying action for fraud, breach of contract, ORICO, and other statutory violations, seek $15,065.89 1 in attorney fees for their efforts in filing a response to defendants’ petition for review by this court. Plaintiffs claim entitlement to those fees under three statutes: ORS 166.725(7)(a) (1993) (providing an action and authorizing an award of “reasonably incurred” attorney fees to any person injured by a violation…