Legal Opinion
Davis v. KGO-T v. Inc.
California Supreme Court
Decided February 5, 1998No. S057813PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
Government Code section 12965, subdivision (b), provides that the trial court, in an action brought under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (hereafter FEHA), has discretion to award “reasonable attorney fees and costs” to the prevailing party. Code of Civil Procedure section 1033.5 provides that the fees of an expert not ordered by the court are not recoverable costs, except when expressly authorized by law.
We granted review in this matter to answer the question whether fees of an expert not ordered by the court may be recovered by the prevailing party in an FEHA action. We…
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