Commissioner Of Transportation v. Krause

LILLEHAUG, Justice.

The sole issue in this condemnation case is the award of statutory attorney fees. The district court awarded $168,009.12 in attorney fees to the landowner under the *32condemnation fee-shifting statute, Minn. Stat. § 117.031(a) (2018). The court of appeals reversed. Comm'r of Transp . v. Krause , No. A17-1362, 2018 WL 2187043 (Minn. App. May 14, 2018). We granted review to decide whether the award was reasonable under the lodestar method. Because the district court misinterpreted and misapplied our lodestar precedent, we affirm the decision of the court of appeals and remand…