Continental Townhouses East Unit One Ass'n v. Brockbank

OPINION

CONTRERAS, Presiding Judge.

This appeal and cross-appeal followed the trial court’s remittitur of damages awarded by a jury for the defendant-appellant’s breach of the implied warranty of workmanship and habitability in the construction of the plaintiffs-appellees’ townhouse roofs. Among the issues we resolve on appeal is whether an award of attorneys’ fees under A.R.S. § 12-341.01 may include the cost of legal services performed by legal assistants. We conclude that the cost of such services may be included.

I. BACKGROUND OF THE CASE

Continental Townhouses East Unit One Association (the…