Opinion ID: 1692340
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Heading: Adequacy of Award of Statutory Penalties and Attorney Fees.

Text: Plaintiff contends that the award of statutory penalties and attorney fees made by the district court pursuant to Iowa Code section 537.5201(8) (1985) was inadequate. We disagree. The statutory penalty allowed for the two violations established was within the range provided by law, and plaintiff has demonstrated no reason for disturbing the allowance made by the district court. With respect to the attorney fees, plaintiff's principal complaint is that the district court apportioned services expended on the various counts and only allowed plaintiff to recover attorney fees for those services allocated to the ICCC portion of the claim. Such apportionment is consistent with the treatment of ICCC attorney fee allowances approved by this court in Monahan Loan Service, Inc. v. Janssen, 349 N.W.2d 752, 758 (Iowa 1984), and Public Finance Co. v. Van Blaricome, 324 N.W.2d 716, 726 (Iowa 1982). We find no error in the allowance of attorney fees made by the district court. Because such entitlement under section 537.5201(8) also includes fees for appellate services, see Van Blaricome, 324 N.W.2d at 726, the district court should consider appellee's claims for such entitlement upon issuance of procedendo. We have considered all issues presented and find no basis for reversing the judgment. AFFIRMED.