Labor/Employment
Aug. 26, 2010
Want to Get Paid? Don't Inflate Your Bill
The court encourages counsel to litigate meritorious FEHA claims, but an exaggerated fee request could hurt your case.
Thomas L. Dorogi
Fax: (818) 297-1775
What happens when a litigant presents an inflated attorney fee request based on a low jury verdict to a trial court? The answer may be found in Chavez v. City of Los Angeles (2010) 47 Cal.4th 970, a case that is unarguably a victory for California employers, but one with limited applicability to most Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) cases. Defense lawyers hoping to successfully apply the reasoning of Chavez to gut attorney fee motions whenever a jury awards a FEHA pl...
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