Opinion ID: 2514410
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Heading: IHC Voluntarily Dismissed Its Claim to Attorney Fees Under Section 17.2(c)

Text: ¶ 42 IHC has waived any claim to attorney fees under section 17.2(c). Prior to the litigation, IHC's Notice of Default referenced section 17.2(c). But, after prevailing on the merits in the litigation, IHC filed a Combined Motion to Dismiss Remaining Claims of Damages and to Award Attorney Fees and Costs, in which it relied exclusively on section 23 for its attorney fees claim. The district court subsequently ruled that In the unlikely event that [IHC] is claiming fees under section 17.2 of the Lease, that section is unavailing. Section 17.2 provides for attorney's fees as an element of `damages,' and any damage claim arising from the eviction proceeding has been expressly waived, and my Order of January 23, 2006, makes that waiver law of the case. IHC did not appeal this ruling. Therefore, IHC is limited to recovering attorney fees for actions instituted during the term of the lease.