Prevailing Party Voluntarily Lowered Its Fee Request Down From $142,842.
Prevailing landlord was given a second chance when the lower court observed that billing substantiation was severely redacted and post-judgment work had been included in 2503 Haste Street Owner, LLC v. FanX, Inc., Case No A170902 (1st Dist., Div. 5 Dec. 19, 2025) (unpublished). What landlord did in supplemental papers was to lower its $142,842 request down to $94,344, excluding post-judgment work as well as providing a less redacted abstract of pre-judgment time spent on the case. The lower court granted the reduced request in full. Losing tenant’s challenge to the award did not persuade the appellate court. The less redacted abstract did provide further basis for the trial judge’s award, with the amount justified given tenant’s admission it aggressively litigated the case (which obviously increased landlord’s time to ultimately get a successful result).