Does an order on attorney fees have to be reversed if the underlying award is reversed?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Park Plaza Ii, Ltd. v. Am. Bankers Insuranc Co., G049334 (Cal. App. 2015):
202 Cal.App.4th 1483, 1488-1489 [order awarding attorney fees must be reversed when underlying judgment supporting award is reversed]; Center for Biological Diversity v. County of San Bernardino (2010) 188 Cal.App.4th 603, 613, fn. 4 ["the appellate court's reversal of the judgment on the merits extinguishes the order on fees" even if the losing party failed to appeal fee award (original italics)].)
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