West Virginia § 55-10-27 Judgment on award; attorneys' fees and litigation expenses

West Virginia Statutes

§ 55-10-27 — Judgment on award; attorneys' fees and litigation expenses

West Virginia § 55-10-27

Ch. 55ACTIONS, SUITS AND ARBITRATION; JUDICIAL SALE

Art. 10ARBITRATION

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W. Va. Code § 55-10-27 (2026).

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(a)Upon granting an order confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying or correcting an award, the court shall enter a judgment in conformity therewith. The judgment may be recorded, docketed and enforced as any other judgment in a civil action.

(b)A court may allow reasonable costs of the motion and subsequent judicial proceedings.

(c)On application of a prevailing party to a contested judicial proceeding under section twenty-four, twenty-five or twenty-six of this article, the court may add reasonable attorneys' fees and other reasonable expenses of litigation incurred in a judicial proceeding after the award is made to a judgment confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying or correcting an award.

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(a) Upon granting an order confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying or correcting an award, the court shall enter a judgment in conformity therewith. The judgment may be recorded, docketed and enforced as any other judgment in a civil action.

(b) A court may allow reasonable costs of the motion and subsequent judicial proceedings.

(c) On application of a prevailing party to a contested judicial proceeding under section twenty-four, twenty-five or twenty-six of this article, the court may add reasonable attorneys' fees and other reasonable expenses of litigation incurred in a judicial proceeding after the award is made to a judgment confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying or correcting an award.