Motion for Attorney Fees
Moving Party: Plaintiffs City of Costa Mesa & People of the State of California Responding Party: Defendants National Therapeutics Services Inc. dba Northbound Treatment Services
Ruling: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorney Fees is GRANTED in the sum of $28,213.50.
Plaintiffs request for attorney fees in the sum of $28,213.50 is reasonable and necessary. The fact that Plaintiffs were required to file other nuisance cases does not require reduction of the particular fees incurred in this litigation.
Lodestar: “‘California courts have consistently held that a computation of time spent on a case and the reasonable value of that time is fundamental to a determination of an appropriate attorneys' fee award.’” PLCM Group, Inc. v. Drexler (2000) 22 Cal.4th 1084, 1095. “A trial court ‘assessing attorney fees begins with a touchstone or lodestar figure, based on the ‘careful compilation of the time spent and reasonable hourly compensation of each attorney ... involved in the
Hearing Date
April 19, 2021
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Motion for Attorney Fees
Moving Party: Plaintiffs City of Costa Mesa & People of the State of California Responding Party: Defendants National Therapeutics Services Inc. dba Northbound Treatment Services
Ruling: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorney Fees is GRANTED in the sum of $28,213.50.
Plaintiffs request for attorney fees in the sum of $28,213.50 is reasonable and necessary. The fact that Plaintiffs were required to file other nuisance cases does not require reduction of the particular fees incurred in this litigation.
Lodestar: “‘California courts have consistently held that a computation of time spent on a case and the reasonable value of that time is fundamental to a determination of an appropriate attorneys' fee award.’” PLCM Group, Inc. v. Drexler (2000) 22 Cal.4th 1084, 1095. “A trial court ‘assessing attorney fees begins with a touchstone or lodestar figure, based on the ‘careful compilation of the time spent and reasonable hourly compensation of each attorney ... involved in the