Legal Opinion
Diaz v. Jiten Hotel Management, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 12, 2012No. 11-2400PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWKINS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Carmen Diaz (“Diaz”), after obtaining a jury verdict in her favor in the amount of $7,650 on one of six claims raised in her complaint, sought attorney’s fees of $139,622 and $13,389.34 in costs. The district court awarded $25,000 in fees and $9,434.74 in costs. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.
Beginning in 1985, Diaz worked as a housekeeper at a hotel in Dorchester, which was eventually purchased by defendant Jiten Hotel Management (“Jiten”) and operated as a Holiday Inn Express. In 1997-98, Mitesh Patel began…
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