Legal Opinion
Torres-Santiago v. Municipality of Adjuntas
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 7, 2012No. 10-2248PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves an award of $59,787.50 in attorney’s fees against unsuccessful plaintiffs in a civil rights action. Plaintiffs Myrta Torres-Santiago, Migdalia Rodríguez-Rivera, and José Rivera-del Valle argue that their lawsuit was not so frivolous or unreasonable as to justify an award of fees to the defendants. We agree, except for Torres’s inferior working conditions claim against Waiver Báez-Lugo and Rivera’s claims against Hernán Caraballo. There was no reasonable basis for those claims. Hence, we vacate the fee award and remand for further proceedings relating…
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