Medical Recovery Svcs. v. Lopez

Medical Recovery Services, LLC (“MRS”) appealed a district court’s judgment denying its request for postjudgment attorney fees on an appeal. The dispute arose after MRS attempted to collect a debt owed by Robert Lopez. The magistrate court entered a default judgment and awarded attorney fees to MRS. MRS continued to incur attorney fees while attempting to collect on the default judgment and filed a request to recover its postjudgment attorney fees, which the magistrate court denied. MRS appealed, and the district court reversed the magistrate court’s denial of postjudgment attorney fees, but declined to award MRS attorney fees related to its appeal of the magistrate court’s decision. Essentially, MRS was attempting to collect fees for attempting to collect attorney fees, not for attempting to collect on the judgment. The Idaho Supreme Court determined Idaho law did not support such attempts, and affirmed the district court’s denial of MRS’ requests. View "Medical Recovery Svcs. v. Lopez" on Justia Law