Harman

Harman v. City and County of San Francisco

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158 Cal. App. 4th 407·2007 Cal. App. LEXIS 2079·69 Cal. Rptr. 3d 750·2007 WL 4465750·102 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 633

Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 21, 2007A115519California8,738 words

Opinion

Swager, J.

This case has returned to us yet again for another review of the trial court’s award of attorney fees. We conclude the award is not an abuse of discretion, with the exception of the fees for work performed in the prior appeal on the issue of the attorney fees. We therefore reverse that part of the judgment and remand the case for limited proceedings to reduce the award accordingly. In view of the broad discretion granted to the trial court we are constrained to affirm the award of attorney fees in all other respects.

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This case began in the federal court in September of 1999, when respondent Allen Harman and two other White males, Stefan Cheresnik and John McGoldrick, who were employed as airfield safety officers at the San Francisco International Airport, filed a complaint which alleged employment discrimination. After lengthy federal court proceedings the parties stipulated to dismissal of the federal action in favor of a new complaint to be filed in state court. The complaint filed in state court against defendants, City and County of San Francisco, individual members of the San Francisco Airport Commission, and the director…

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Parties

ALLEN HARMAN
Plaintiff
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Defendant

Judges

Swager

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