Law Practice
Sep. 5, 2012
Market rate fee award to insurance defense firm upheld
The state Court of Appeal has held that a fee award to an insurance defense firm may be at market rates instead of the significantly lower rates the carrier actually paid to the attorneys. By Steve Kaus of White & Cooper LLP
Steve Kaus
Partner, Cooper, White & Cooper
The state Court of Appeal has held that a fee award to an insurance defense firm may be at market rates instead of the significantly lower rates the carrier actually paid to the attorneys. This is a continuation of other cases that have allowed fees to be awarded at market rates regardless of what the victorious party had actually paid.
Nemecek & Cole v. Horn, 2012 DJDAR 11353 (Cal. App. 2nd Dist. Aug. 15, 2012), marks the apparent end of a litigation odyssey in which...
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