GUILLEN v. CONTRERAS

No. 26432-7-III.

195 P.3d 90 (2008)

Jose GUILLEN, City of Sunnyside, Respondents, v. Lorena CONTRERAS, guardian of Jesus Jaime Torres, Jr., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

November 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd V. Harms, Attorney at Law, Richland, WA, for Appellants.

Mark Allen Kunkler, Attorney at Law, Sunnyside, WA, for Respondents.


KORSMO., J.

¶ 1 This is an appeal about attorney fees. Claimants prevailed on some of the issues they raised in a forfeiture proceeding, but recovered only a small portion of the value they sought to gain. The trial court declined to award attorney fees to the claimants. Believing that the phrase "substantially prevails" should not have two different meanings in the same context, we affirm the trial court's ruling.

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