Lodestar Fee Calculation

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• Lane v. Head
  566 So. 2d 508· Fla.· 1990-06-28 ·cited 65×
  The Florida Supreme Court held that trial courts may apply multipliers to enhance attorney's fees in partial contingency-fee arrangements, but the enhancement must be reduced proportionally to the guaranteed portion of the fee. The court reversed the Fourth District's blanket pro
• Inacio v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.
  550 So. 2d 92· Fla. 1st DCA· 1989-09-26 ·cited 40×
  Inacio, an insured who settled a claim against State Farm for uninsured motorist benefits, appeals an award of attorney's fees, challenging the trial court's exclusion of post-settlement fee litigation hours, failure to apply a contingency factor, and denial of prejudgment intere
• Romberg v. Nichols
  953 F.2d 1152· 9th Cir.· 1992-01-13 ·cited 24×
  The Rombergs are prevailing parties entitled to a fee award under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 because they succeeded on a significant issue that altered the legal relationship with the defendants.
• Quesada v. Thomason
  850 F.2d 537· 9th Cir.· 1988-06-23 ·cited 22×
  A district court cannot reduce a statutory attorney fee award below the lodestar amount based on the existence of a contingent-fee agreement or the simplicity of the case's issues.
• Elbert Erkins and Samuel Denson v. Bryan
  785 F.2d 1538· 11th Cir.· 1986-04-08 ·cited 20×
  The court affirmed the district court's decision, upholding the standing of union members to sue, rejecting the application of the NLRA statute of limitations, affirming the calculation of misapplied funds, and upholding the attorney fee award.
• Craig v. Sec'y, Dep't OF Health & Human Servs.
  864 F.2d 324· 4th Cir.· 1989-01-03 ·cited 17×
  The court held that while contingency and delay can justify fee enhancement in social security cases, the lower court failed to adequately explain its reasoning and calculations for the awarded fee.
• LEE Cnty. v. Tohari
  582 So. 2d 104· Fla. 2d DCA· 1991-06-28 ·cited 15×
  The court held that an order awarding attorney's fees must contain specific findings required by Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund v. Rowe, including the number of hours reasonably expended and the reasonable hourly rate, and that the fee awarded cannot exceed the client agreem
• Knowlton Merritt v. MacKey
  932 F.2d 1317· 9th Cir.· 1991-05-08 ·cited 10×
  The court held that the prior panel's decision on qualified immunity was the law of the case, the damages awarded were not clearly erroneous, and Mackey was liable for attorney's fees under § 1988 due to joint action with a state official, but the multiplier for attorney's fees w
• West v. Chrisman
  2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132342· M.D. Fla.· 2014-09-19 ·cited 8×
  The court affirmed the bankruptcy court's order finding the debt non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. §§ 523(a)(4) and 523(a)(2)(A) and affirmed the calculation of the non-dischargeable debt amount.
• Delmonico v. Crespo
  127 So. 3d 576· Fla. 4th DCA· 2012-12-05 ·cited 7×
  Delmonico appeals an order awarding attorney's fees and costs to Donovan Marine, Inc. after DMI prevailed in a defamation case. The court reverses on two grounds: the trial court failed to make specific findings regarding the number of hours reasonably expended in the attorney's
• In re UNR Indus., Inc.
  986 F.2d 207· 7th Cir.· 1993-02-19 ·cited 3×
  The court held that bankruptcy fees should be commensurate with comparable non-bankruptcy services, and enhancements for quality are permissible only in rare and exceptional cases, which was not demonstrated here.
• Universal Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Abel Medero
  406 So. 3d 323· Fla. 3d DCA· 2025-02-19 ·cited 1×
  A trial court's award of attorney's fees must be supported by competent substantial evidence and accompanied by specific findings addressing the Rowe and Quanstrom factors; neither a $150 hourly rate increase above the contractual rate nor a 1.8 contingency fee multiplier was sup
• Marchisio v. Carrington Mortg. Servs., LLC
  2016 WL 10568065· S.D. Fla.· 2020-07-29 ·cited 1×
  Plaintiffs settled their lawsuit against a mortgage service company over credit reporting violations for $153,000 after years of litigation and appellate proceedings that resulted in a favorable Eleventh Circuit ruling. The court awarded the plaintiffs $648,000.20 in attorney fee
• State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Dianya Markovits
  295 So. 3d 355· Fla. 1st DCA· 2020-04-27 ·cited 1×
  This case concerns whether attorney's fees incurred after entitlement has been established are recoverable under Florida's offer of judgment statute. The appellate court held that fees incurred in litigating the amount of fees, after entitlement is determined, are not recoverable
• James G. DOW & Nancy Dow v. McKINLEY
  776 So. 2d 1017· Fla. 5th DCA· 2001-01-19
  The trial court abused its discretion by failing to consider reducing the attorney's fee award based on the extent of the prevailing party's success and by awarding non-taxable costs.
• Alvarado v. Cassarino
  706 So. 2d 380· Fla. 2d DCA· 1998-02-18
  The trial court erred by enhancing the lodestar attorney's fee figure by both a results obtained factor and a contingency risk multiplier.
• Apgar & Markham Constr. OF Fla., Inc. v. Apgar
  684 So. 2d 284· Fla. 3d DCA· 1996-12-11
  In a shareholder derivative action, the appellate court affirmed the award of attorney's fees to the plaintiff but reversed and remanded regarding the calculation methodology. The court held that fees were properly awardable because the action benefited the corporation rather tha
• Broyles v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor & Benefits Review Bd. of the United States Dep't of Labor
  974 F.2d 508· 4th Cir.· 1992-09-03
  The court held that the attorneys' claimed fees were excessive and unreasonable given the simplicity of the issues, the state of the law, and the duplication of effort, and therefore reduced the awarded fees significantly.