context: Where there was a right to attorney fees, Utah courts have allowed the party who successfully prosecuted or defended against a claim to recover the fees attributable to those claims on which the party was successful.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 766 P.2d 1074, 1080
citation_a.parenthetical: grant of attorney fees was remanded for a determination of only those fees attributable to the pursuit of successful claims
citation_a.sentence: See id. at 566 n. 10 (reasonable fee excludes amounts attributable to issues or claims on which party otherwise entitled to fee was unsuccessful); Stacey Proper ties v. Wixen, 766 P.2d 1080, 1085 (Utah Ct.App.1988) (defendant was entitled to attorney fees for the counterclaims on which he was successful as well as for his successful defense of plaintiff’s attempt to accelerate a promissory note), cert. denied, 779 P.2d 688 (Utah 1989); see also Graco Fishing & Rental Tools, Inc. v. Ironwood Exploration, Inc., 766 P.2d 1074, 1080 (Utah 1988) (grant of attorney fees was remanded for a determination of only those fees attributable to the pursuit of successful claims).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: defendant was entitled to attorney fees for the counterclaims on which he was successful as well as for his successful defense of plaintiff's attempt to accelerate a promissory note
citation_b.sentence: See id. at 566 n. 10 (reasonable fee excludes amounts attributable to issues or claims on which party otherwise entitled to fee was unsuccessful); Stacey Proper ties v. Wixen, 766 P.2d 1080, 1085 (Utah Ct.App.1988) (defendant was entitled to attorney fees for the counterclaims on which he was successful as well as for his successful defense of plaintiff’s attempt to accelerate a promissory note), cert. denied, 779 P.2d 688 (Utah 1989); see also Graco Fishing & Rental Tools, Inc. v. Ironwood Exploration, Inc., 766 P.2d 1074, 1080 (Utah 1988) (grant of attorney fees was remanded for a determination of only those fees attributable to the pursuit of successful claims).