fees to a defendant. It opined that subsection one governs personal injury actions where the plaintiffs claim for damages does not exceed $25,000 to the extent it is not modified by subsection four. Gillihan II at 267, 92 P.3d at 517. The plurality concluded that subsection four simply changes two parts of subsection one (concerning the specific requirements for plaintiffs to receive an award of attorney fees). Id. Under this view, in subsection four, the use of the word “claimant” in the phrase “there shall be taxed and allowed to the claimant ... attorney’s fees,” means attorney fees shall be taxed and allowed to either a plaintiff or defendant claiming attorney fees in an action meeting the other requirements of the statute. Id. There 101 Idaho 187, 191, 610 P.2d 546, 550 (1980) (<HOLDING>). In this case, there can be “no reasonable
holding legislatures removal of language allowing director to approve change in nature of water use prior to bills passage can only be interpreted as intent that director not have that power holding that the interpretation of statutory language should be consistent with the legislatures purpose and intent holding legislatures intent to change tax liability retroactively was permissive exercise of legislative power holding that mandamus was appropriate to require the director to deliver the full decreed water rights of a water right holder holding change of word shall to may prior to bills passage indicates legislative intent to make purchases upon bids permissive rather than mandatory