Employment: $46,062 Fee Award Out Of Requested $104,771 Was No Abuse Of Discretion Where Co-Counsel Fees Seen As Unnecessary And .6 Negative Multiplier Applied

Plaintiff Only Recovered $29,505.18 In Wage/Hour Damages.

            In Shaw v. I-Safe, Inc., Case No. D073721 (4^th Dist., Div. 1 May 31, 2019) (unpublished), plaintiff recovered $29,505.68 in damages in a wage/hour case, then moved for $104,771 in fees as the prevailing party (an amount which included fees for a co-counsel).  The lower court awarded $46,062, disallowing co-counsel fees as duplicative and applying a .6 multiplier for vague, duplicative, and clerical task billings.  Plaintiff appealed, wanting more.  The 4/1 DCA affirmed, finding no winning challenge to the trial court’s award based on the record below.