Elsenpeter v. St. Michael Mall, Inc.

OPINION

SCHELLHAS, Judge.

Appellant challenges the district court’s award of attorney fees and costs to respondent, arguing that the district court erred by (1) compelling arbitration of the parties’ lease dispute and (2) determining that respondent was entitled to an award of fees and costs as a prevailing party because he succeeded in obtaining an order compelling arbitration, even though he did not succeed on the merits in the underlying action. Because we conclude that the parties’ lease dispute was arbitrable, we affirm the district court’s order compelling arbitration. But because…