181 Mich. App. 332 - Stamp v. Hagerman’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “[A] party should not be deemed the prevailing party for purposes of taxing costs unless the party improves his or her position by the litigation. * * * [W]e agree that a showing of improved position is a minimal standard for taxing costs. To hold otherwise would encourage unnecessary litigation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Crawford v. Amadio