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p0721 Under the Private Attorney General statute (Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5, a plaintiff suing to enforce an important right affecting the public interest may be entitled to attorney fees if the litigation does not result in a judicial resolution, but induces defendant to change its behavior substantially in the manner sought, if plaintiff can show not only that the action was a catalyst to defendant's changed behavior, but that the suit had merit and that plaintiff engaged in a reasonable attempt to settle the dispute with defendant prior to litigation.CitationGRAHAM v DAIMLER CHRYSLER (Catalyst) 34 C4 553 [See: CCP 1021.5; Westside v Obledo 33 C3 348; Buckhannon v W VA Dept. of Health 532 US 598]
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