Opinion ID: 2334405
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Raise or Waive

Text: Before proceeding to the merits of plaintiff's appeal, we first must address defendant's contention that plaintiff is precluded from contesting the award of attorneys' fees because plaintiff failed to preserve these issues for our review when it did not object to the inclusion of attorneys' fees in the scope of the bond at the time the bond was issued, or during its first appeal to this Court. The defendant's argument in this regard strikes us as being legalistic craftiness and somewhat frivolous, and we reject it. Immediately after defendant filed her motion for attorneys' fees, plaintiff both filed an objection to defendant's motion and argued at the hearing on the motion that the security posted did not cover attorneys' fees and that Truk Away does not require the Superior Court to award attorneys' fees under the circumstances of this case. The plaintiff's clear and focused objection occurred at the appropriate time and properly preserved the specific arguments raised on appeal for our review, rendering defendant's waiver argument entirely without merit.