Erickson Productions Inc v. Kraig R Kast
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ERICKSON PRODUCTIONS INC, et al., Case No. 13-cv-05472-DMR
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. ALTER/AMEND JUDGMENT
KRAIG RUDINGER KAST, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 581 Defendants.
On December 6, 2024, the court issued an order on Plaintiffs’ motion for attorneys’ fees and costs following the retrial of the question of willful copyright infringement and determination of statutory damages. [Docket No. 579 (“Fee Order”); Docket No. 580 (amended judgment)].1 After weighing the Copyright Act’s discretionary factors, the court determined that Plaintiffs are entitled to a supplemental fee award even though the second jury only awarded one-tenth of the amount awarded by the first jury that was subsequently vacated on appeal, and Plaintiffs had already received two significant fee awards for work performed in this case. [Fee Order at 8-9]. After carefully reviewing the time records, the court determined that the number of hours sought by…