Duff
Duff v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
Opinion
Opinion
Filed 1/27/22
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION ONE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
KEN DUFF, D078100
Plaintiff and Respondent,
v. (Super. Ct. No. 37-2016- 00003200-CU-BC-CTL)
JAGUAR LAND ROVER NORTH
AMERICA, LLC,
Defendant and Appellant.
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Katherine A. Bacal, Judge. Reversed; remanded with directions. Lehrman, Villegas, Chinery & Douglas, Kate S. Lehrman, Jacqueline A. Bruce-Chinery, and Robert A. Philipson for Defendant and Appellant. Michael E. Lindsey for Plaintiff and Respondent. Following a bench trial wherein Ken Duff prevailed on one claim under
the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (Civ. Code,1 § 1790, et seq.; Song- Beverly or the Act), but was only awarded $1 in nominal damages, the trial court awarded Duff $684,250 in attorney fees. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Jaguar) appeals the order awarding Duff attorney fees.
1 Statutory references are to the Civil Code unless otherwise specified. Among other arguments, Jaguar contends the trial court applied the incorrect legal standard in…