Appellate Court of Illinois February 24, 2004, 1-03-1447 (Melton v. Frigidaire)

PRESIDING JUSTICE WOLFSON

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case began as a dispute about a recalcitrant refrigerator. It now presents us with a fee-shifting issue that is a matter of first impression in the courts of this state: whether a party to a settlement agreement is a “prevailing party” entitled to attorney fees and costs under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty — Federal Trade Commission