Lodestar for Lemons

Hanna v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, No. B283776 (D2d7 Jun. 18, 2019)
 
I discussed the key issue in this case in my post on the Warren case last winter. A prevailing plaintiff in a Song-Beverly lemon law case is entitled to attorneys’ fees, calculated on a lodestar bases, even if that means the fee award vastly exceeds the damages. The court here failed to do that for a good chunk of the award, based on a misreading of plaintiff’s fee agreement with her attorney. 

That was error.

Reversed and remanded.