Duff
Duff v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
Opinion
Opinion
Filed 1/27/
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.
Statutory references are to the Civil Code unless otherwise specified. Among other arguments, Jaguar contends the trial court applied the incorrect legal standard in…