attorney fees

The Ninth Circuit Affirms Attorney Fee Award Reducing Plaintiff’s Recovery In Light Of Her Limited Success

Plaintiff—who was improperly removed by County of Riverside social workers three days after she was born and then returned three days later—filed a Section 1983 putative class action, alleging thousands of other children had been wrongfully seized by the County.  Plaintiff engaged in extensive litigation,

A. A. v. County of Riverside (9th Cir. Mar. 18, 2022, No. 20-55960) 2022 WL 822187

The Ninth Circuit affirms attorney fee award reducing plaintiff’s recovery in light of her limited success

McKindra v. Tharaldson Financial Group, Inc. (Nov. 11, 2019, E069896) 2019 WL 6125912

Court of Appeal reverses compensatory and punitive damages and private attorney general fees in bed bug case

Court of Appeal reverses compensatory and punitive damages and private attorney general fees in bed bug case

GMSR’s client, the defendant hotel, admitted negligence after plaintiffs were briefly exposed to bed bugs in their hotel room.  The jury returned a verdict awarding substantial compensatory damages and punitive damages on an intentional infliction of emotional distress claim for one plaintiff, and compensatory damages

eGumball v. Call & Jensen (Oct. 10, 2019, G056650) 2019 WL 5078606

Court of Appeal affirms order denying in-house fees to attorneys

Martinez v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2011) 195 Cal.App.4th 1038

Creating a new “bright-line rule” under Code of Civil Procedure section 998, Court affirms denial of attorney fee award to opponent of GMSR’s public entity client

Ojeda v. Sharp Cabrillo Hospital (1992) 8 Cal.App.4th 1

Use of so-called medical-legal consultants to evade MICRA limits on attorney’s fees in medical malpractice cases (amicus curiae brief)

Feb 13, 2001 Healthcare Law
Andrew P. v. Regents of the University of California (2001, A089758)

Attorney fee issues in case involving confidential patient records

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