Is there any case law where a court has considered prevailing party status for attorney fees?

Plaintiff quotes Flannery v. California Highway Patrol (1998) 61 Cal.App.4th 629, 647 for the proposition that "'[w]hether an [attorney fee] award is justified and what amount the award should be are two distinct questions, and the factors relating to each must not be intertwined or merged.'" She then argues that "the record amply demonstrates the trial court commingled its analysis of prevailing party status with its determination of the amount of the fee award due to [plaintiff]. The court equated [defendant's] analysis that three-fourths of its attorney's time was expended in defense of the unpaid general wage claim with a three-fourths prevailing party status."