Opinion ID: 812798
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Attorney Fees—Mechanic’s Lien

Text: -16- S&J argues that the district court erred by not ordering Leoff to pay S&J’s attorney fees in connection with litigating the mechanic’s lien, as required by Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-128. The court’s Memorandum Opinion and Order does not explain why it did not award attorney fees, although it does suggest that they would be difficult to calculate accurately because the issue was “but a minor part of this litigation and not separable from the other issues.” Id. at 1688. At trial, however, the court plainly ruled that the amount of attorney fees would be determined in proceedings after the trial, see R., Vol. VI at 1067–69, proccedings that did not occur. We therefore remand with instructions to allow S&J to attempt to prove the amount of attorney fees under § 38-22-128.