Sussman v. Patterson

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants appeal an award of attorneys’ fees and costs made by the district court after acceptance of defendants’ offer of judgment by plaintiffs-appellees. The award in controversy had been left for determination by the court under the terms of the settlement agreement. The defendants assert that the court made four main errors in the award: (1) the award included attorneys’ fees and costs incurred after a cut off date provided in the offer of judgment that was accepted; (2) an excessive $200 per hour rate of compensation was allowed for one of plaintiffs’…