Up: First District, Division 1 Imposes $16,257 Against Ex-Husband. The First District, Division 1 demonstrates that the price for prosecuting a frivolous appeal has gone up: in Marriage of Kononchuk and Mouradian, Case No. D058615 (1st Dist., Div. 1 Apr. 13, 2012) (unpublished), ex-husband was sanctioned $16,257 by the appellate court for a […]
O’Flynn v. BeyondChron, Case No. A131481 (1st Dist., Div. 2 Mar. 22, 2012) (Unpublished). In this one, plaintiff got SLAPPed by two defendants–a subsidiary newspaper and writer employed by parent Tenderloin–in a defamation and false light lawsuit. Defendants were then awarded attorney’s fees under the mandatory SLAPP fee-shifting statute of $21,326.18. Plaintiff appealed,
Honda Civic Hybrid Settlement. As reported by the AP in a March 16, 2012 story in The Washington Post, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Timothy Taylor approved a class action settlement by which Honda Civil hybrid owners will receive up to $200 each for fuel economy mishypes. The potential fly in the
Oral Need-Based Fee Motions Preferable, and $833,025 Sanctions Fee Award, $20,000 Appellate Work Fee, and $16,284 Further 271 Sanctions Fee Order Also Sustained On Appeal. In re Marriage of Falcone & Fyke, Case Nos. H034104 et al. (Feb. 23, 2012) (certified for publication) involved five in pro per appeals by wife challenging various
Overall, Shows a Slowdown In Things, Consonant with the Economy. The California Judicial Council has issued its “Statewide Caseload Trends: 2001-2001 through 2009-2010,” a comprehensive report that tracks 2009-2010 fiscal year (FY) statistics as well as 10-year trends. Here is what we found interesting from the 2009-2010 statistics: *The California Supreme Court
As reported by Jaimee Lynn Fletcher in a February 12, 2012 article in The Orange County Register, Huntington Beach works on about 45 lawsuits in a given year. The personnel cost tally for this litigation: $952,311, according to the article. Henry Huntington (1850-1927). “In my day, $1,000,000 meant something.”
Jneid Cases Finally Come Home to Roost–Expensive Fee/Costs Lesson From Not Producing Electronic Documents Until Trial. In our December 20, 2009 and September 24, 2011 posts, we did explore the Jneid appeals, where substantial fees/costs orders were appealed for a litigant’s failure to produce electronic documents until trial of a matter. Various appeals
District Judge Determined Hourly Rates Using Laffey Matrix. In a follow-up to a post we did on March 27, 2011, we can now report that District of Columbia U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan has ordered the District of Columbia to pay attorney’s fees of $1,137,072.27 to the attorneys representing plaintiff Dick Heller
Mexican Wild Turkey. Artist: Louis Agassiz Fuertes. c1912-1920. Library of Congress.
$15,000 Sewer Line Repair Dispute Ends Up Well for Homeowner. If you have followed our blog at all, you will know that many decisions echo our Mission Statement, which is borrowed from Retired Justice Wallin’s oft-quoted remark that attorney’s fees are “the tail that wags the litigation dog”–a quote from Deane, an HOA decision.
