Employment/Reasonableness Of Fees: Plaintiff Winning About $90,000 In Wage Overtime Case Gains $212,958.50 Fee Recovery

Plaintiff Did Request $526,034.50 Base Fees Plus $60.060 “Fees On Fees.”

     The trial judge, after allowing supplemental briefing and carefully weighing lots of fee substantiation, decided to award a winning overtime wage hour plaintiff, who recovered a little short of $90,000 in compensatory damages, attorney’s fees of $212,958.50. However, plaintiff appealed because her initial fee request was $526,634.50 plus additional “fees on fees” of $60.060.

     Plaintiff’s appeal did not obtain any more fees in Silva v. Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc., Case No. E062866 (4^th Dist., Div. 2 July 6, 2016) (unpublished).

     The trial judge’s award was no abuse of discretion given the assessment there was duplicative work, the issues were not that complex, and there were too many people staffing the case.