Legal Opinion
Southern Colorado Orthopaedic Clinic Sports Medicine & Arthritis Surgeons, P.C. v. Weinstein
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided December 18, 2014No. Court of Appeals No. 13CA2011PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
JUDGE BERNARD
11 This appeal focuses on a fee-shifting provision in an employment agreement. This provision states that the prevailing party in any action to enforce the agreement "shall be entitled to recover ... all attorney fees [and] costs."
12 Does this provision require the trial court to award the prevailing party all its attorney fees and costs instead of awarding it only its reasonable attorney fees and costs? We answer this question "no." As a result, we affirm the trial court's decision that awarded only reasonable attorney fees and costs to the plaintiff in this case, a…
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