Legal Opinion
Susan Shott v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 4, 2003No. 02-3839PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center (“Rush”) challenges the amount of attorney’s fees and prejudgment interest awarded to the plaintiff, Dr. Susan Shott, after she prevailed on a disability discrimination claim against Rush. The district court awarded plaintiff roughly 66% of the amount of attorney’s fees she sought and awarded all the prejudgment interest she requested. Rush argues that the attorney’s fees award should be reduced (i) because Shott pursued an unreasonable strategy in the first trial that led to that verdict being set aside and (ii)…
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