POOF!: $1.157 Million Fee Award In Discrimination Case Goes Up In Smoke On Appeal

 

     Our POOF! principle was illustrated very poignantly in Veronese v. Lucasfilm Ltd., Case Nos. A129535/A131600 (1st Dist., Div. 2 Dec. 10, 2012) (published).

     There, plaintiff won a $113,830 compensatory discrimination verdict against the defense, and later garnered a prevailing party $1,157,411 fee recovery (almost 10x).

     On appeal, the defense won the argument that there was instructional error requiring a reversal and remand. Because this meant any fee recovery was premature, the fee award went ….. POOF!

 

Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Gas demonstration. Exploding aerial bomb just dropped by a plane

Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Gas demonstration. Exploding aerial bomb just dropped by a plane.  Jack Delano, photographer.  1942.  Library of Congress.

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