Legal Opinion
Bui v. Trang Kim Nguyen
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 28, 2014No. H039310PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MÁRQUEZ, J.
When a lawsuit enforces “an important right affecting the public interest” and the statutory criteria under section 1021.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure are satisfied, a private litigant may recover his or her attorney fees. One criterion under section 1021.5 is that private enforcement of the public right vindicated in the lawsuit was necessary. (Conservatorship of Whitley (2010) 50 Cal.4th 1206, 1214 [117 Cal.Rptr.3d 342, 241 P.3d 840].) In this appeal, we conclude that plaintiff, who was awarded damages for injuries arising from negligently performed dental work and who…
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