§78.7 Significant Authorities

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§78.7SIGNIFICANT AUTHORITIES

An order for award of reasonable attorney fees is not subject to the timelines laid out in CR 78. Rettkowski v. Dep't of Ecology,128 Wn.2d 508, 910 P.2d 462 (1996).

The timelines laid out in CR 78 cannot be used to deprive a litigant of costs to which he or she is justly entitled or to enrich a litigant with costs that he or she has unjustly secured. CR 78(e) is not intended to preclude all forms of a review related to a cost bill when the six day period for retaxation...