Section 1717: Nonsignatory Defendants Entitled To Fee Recovery Under Civil Code Section 1717

$61,565 Fee Award Sustained On Appeal

            Nonsignatories defendants were awarded attorney’s fees of $61,565, drawing an appeal from the plaintiff in Westco Petroleum Distributors, Inc. v. Huntington Beach Industrial, Case No. B269393 (2d Dist., Div. 2 Aug. 10, 2017) (unpublished).  After surveying section 1717 jurisprudence which does allow fee recovery to nonsignatories like the defendants here, the appellate court sustained the fee award given the breadth of the fees clause which did cover the contract and tort claims at issue.