Berry v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

GEORGE W. DRAPER III, Judge.

Introduction

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (hereinafter, “Volkswagen”) seeks review of the trial court’s judgment awarding the attorneys in the underlying class action lawsuit attorneys’ fees. Volkswagen raises five points on appeal challenging the lodestar amount and the multiplier that the trial court applied.

This Court finds that the lodestar amount was within the trial court’s discretion. Further, while this is the first time this Court is addressing the use of a multiplier, there is no reason to usurp the longstanding principle in Missouri that our trial…