Opinion ID: 194497
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Pugliese Cross-appeal

Text: Pugliese claims he was entitled to recover attorney fees because the jury must have based its award on one of the three fee shifting statutes (SMHLA, 2 & 7; CPA, 10; UCPA, 4).22 The district court denied an attorney fee award because it could not exclude the possibility that the jury verdict was based on a violation of SMHLA, section 3, which does not authorize attorney fees. As we have determined that a violation of SMHLA, section 3, would necessarily entail a violation of SMHLA, section 2, see supra pt. II.A.1, we are able to conclude that the jury verdict was based on a fee shifting statute, either SMHLA, 2 & 7, CPA, 2 & 10, or UCPA, 2 & 4. Accordingly, we remand for reconsideration of the motion for an award of attorney fees. (1978)). UCPA, 1, likewise provides in pertinent part: