Legal Opinion
Tahara v. Matson Terminals, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 27, 2007No. 05-17306PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Quentin Tahara appeals the amount of attorney’s fees awarded to him by the district court under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA”), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-50. In the district court, Tahara requested $31,500 in fees for work his attorney allegedly performed to secure a late payment award under § 914(f) of the LHWCA from Tahara’s former employer, Defendant-appellee Matson Terminals, Inc. The district court awarded Tahara only $6,060 in attorney’s fees. We affirm because the district court properly excluded fees not…
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