Quin v. El Cajon Grand Cocktail Lounge
Appellant Yvonne T. Quin, acting as trustee of the Joseph Quin Family Trust, was the prevailing party in a bench trial on competing declaratory relief cross-complaints in which the court determined respondents El Cajon Grand Cocktail Lounge, Inc. and Image 2000 Multimedia, Inc. responsible for ensuring certain leased commercial premises were in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Following entry of judgment in her favor, appellant moved for $171,569.50 in attorney fees based on 605.60 hours of attorney time spent on the litigation, of which the trial court found 75 hours reasonably expended. Appellant appeals from the resulting postjudgment order awarding her $21,123.75 in attorney fees, arguing the court erred as a matter of law in analyzing her fee request and abused its discretion by arbitrarily deciding what constituted a reasonable attorney fee award. Because it is not clear the trial court relied upon proper considerations in calculating the attorney fee award and on this record we cannot infer it did so, Court remand the matter for a new determination of the amount of attorney fees to be awarded appellant's counsel.
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