Legal Opinion
Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Brookstone Court, LLC
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided April 29, 2008No. AC 28221PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McLACHLAN, J.
This case stems from an underlying civil rights case brought by the commission on human rights and opportunities (commission) on the behalf of the plaintiffs Kathy Sanchez and Rebekah Westphal against the defendants, which include Brookstone Court, LLC. On appeal, the plaintiff challenges the trial court’s calculation of her award for attorney’s fees. Specifically, the plaintiff claims that the court improperly calculated the amount of her award of attorney’s fees (1) when it reduced the lodestar 2 amount of $52,699 to a fee award of $21,700, (2) when it reduced the…
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