QUESTION
Can you be sued for attorney fees if the plaintiff dropped the case?
Asked on Jan 23rd, 2014 on Foreclosures - Nevada
More details to this question:
I was being sued by HOA but they vacated to case. Can they still charge me attorney fees related to that case?
4 ANSWERS
Check your HOA CC&Rs and Bylaws. Usually, the prevailing party is entitled to attorneys' fees, but where a case is dropped it would be a little out of the ordinary.
Answered on Jan 27th, 2014 at 3:49 PM
No. The HOA would have had to win the case and get a judgment against you that included attorney's fees.
Answered on Jan 27th, 2014 at 3:49 PM
No. Attorney's fees are awarded to the prevailing, or winning, side. If the plaintiff dropped the case it did not win anything and should not be entitled to attorney's fees.
Answered on Jan 27th, 2014 at 8:39 AM