Petersen v. Fielder

Defendants appeal from a supplemental judgment awarding attorney fees to plaintiffs. Plaintiffs have moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that defendants did not appeal from an earlier judgment that awarded plaintiffs costs and that determined plaintiffs’ entitlement to attorney fees without fixing the amount of the fees. Defendants have, in turn, moved to give the trial court leave to enter an appeal-able judgment. We deny plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss and, by separate order, grant defendants’ motion to give the trial court leave to enter an appealable judgment.

This dispute arose from…