Quick Collect, Inc. v. Higgins

In this appeal, plaintiff challenges the trial court’s denial of plaintiffs exceptions to an arbitrator’s award of attorney fees to defendant, contending that defendant’s fee petition was fatally defective or, alternatively, that defendant was awarded fees for noncompensable work. We affirm, concluding that plaintiff did not preserve its argument that the fee petition was fatally defective, and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiffs exceptions under ORS 36.425(6), and awarding defendant $15,800 in attorney fees.

The facts are undisputed. Plaintiff, a debt…