Title: Marco A. Marquez v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Citation: 2012 WI 74
Docket Number: 2010AP000826
State: Wisconsin
Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date: July 2, 2012

2012 WI 74
NOTICE 
This opinion is subject to further 
editing and modification.  The final 
version will appear in the bound 
volume of the official reports.   
No.   2010AP826 
(L.C. No. 
2005CV2885) 
STATE OF WISCONSIN  
 
 
   : 
IN SUPREME COURT 
 
 
Marco A. Marquez, 
 
          Plaintiff-Respondent-Cross-Appellant, 
 
     v. 
 
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, 
 
          Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Respondent. 
 
 
 
FILED 
 
JUL 2, 2012 
 
Diane M. Fremgen 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
 
 
 
 
MOTION for reconsideration.  Reconsideration denied.   
 
¶1 
PER CURIAM.   On June 5, 2012, Plaintiff-Respondent-
Cross-Appellant, Marco A. Marquez, filed a motion entitled 
"Motion for Clarification/Reconsideration" regarding Marquez v. 
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, 2012 WI 57, ___ Wis. 2d ___, ___ 
N.W.2d ___, seeking "instruction to the circuit court regarding 
an award of Marquez's reasonable appellate attorney fees," 
pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 218.0171(7).   
¶2 
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, has not responded or objected 
to Marquez's motion. 
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¶3 
Wisconsin Stat. § 218.0171(7) (2009-10) provides in 
relevant part that "[t]he court shall award a consumer who 
prevails in such an action twice the amount of any pecuniary 
loss, together with costs, disbursements and reasonable attorney 
fees, 
and 
any 
equitable 
relief 
the 
court 
determines 
appropriate."   
¶4 
"Reasonable attorney fees" available to a prevailing 
consumer under Wis. Stat. § 218.0171(7) include attorney fees 
for appellate work.  Kilian v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, 2011 WI 
65, ¶58 n.22, 335 Wis. 2d 566, 799 N.W.2d 815 (quoting Chmill v. 
Friendly Ford-Mercury of Janesville, Inc., 144 Wis. 2d 796, 809, 
424 N.W.2d 747 (Ct. App. 1988)).  
¶5 
Accordingly, we clarify the decision as follows: 
¶6 
The disposition is amended to read as follows:  
"Affirmed and remanded." 
¶7 
Paragraph 123 is amended to read as follows:  "For the 
reasons stated, we affirm the circuit court's judgment and order 
and remand the cause to the circuit court to determine 
reasonable attorney fees pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 218.0171(7)."  
¶8 
The mandate line is amended to read as follows:  "By 
the Court.—The judgment and order of the circuit court are 
affirmed and the cause is remanded to the circuit court." 
¶9 
By the Court.—The motion for reconsideration is denied 
without costs. 
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