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Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-6-306

Claims for contractual attorney fees

Acts 2004, ch. 853, § 1.

(1) If a plaintiff voluntarily dismisses an action while a counterclaim is pending for contractual attorney fees, and if the plaintiff does not timely recommence the action, the court, upon proper showing, may order that the counterclaimant is the prevailing party for the purpose of recovering contractual attorney fees.

(2) This section shall only apply if the contract clause providing for attorney fees applies equally to all parties to the contract.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.