Remand to Fix Fees for Winning Plaintiff.
Plaintiff in Purifoy v. Howell, Case No. A135284 (1st Dist., Div. 3 Sept. 26, 2013) (unpublished) must initially have been sorely disappointed when she was denied an award of attorney’s fees under the private attorney general statute after obtaining an earlier published appellate court decision which clarified how you count business days for purposes of calculating the impound period for stray dogs.
The appellate court came to the rescue, reversing the fee denial.
Plaintiff was certainly successful, vindicated an important public interest, and benefited more than just her financial interest — she did get her dog back, so the issue was one of broader public interest.
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