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NCJC, INC. v. WMG, L.C.

No. 19-0241.

960 N.W.2d 58 (2021)

NCJC, INC., Appellee, v. WMG, L.C., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed May 28, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Lipps (argued) of Peterson & Lipps, Algona, for appellant.

Wesley T. Graham of Duncan Green, P.C., Des Moines, and Philip J. Kaplan (argued) of Anthony Ostlund Baer & Louwagie, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appellee.

Waterman, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Christensen, C.J., and Mansfield, McDonald, Oxley, and McDermott, JJ., joined. Appel, J., filed an opinion concurring part and dissenting in part.

In this appeal from rulings on cross-motions for attorney fees in a contract dispute, we must decide three legal issues: (1) who is "the prevailing party"; (2) whether Iowa Code section 625.25 (2017) precludes a fee award when the presuit demand for unliquidated damages greatly exceeded the jury verdict; and (3) whether a rejected...

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