A divided panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a reduction of an attorney’s hourly rate in a fee award for a Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act case.
Case: Iuvale v. Coastal Marine Services, No. 19-71172, 11/05/2021, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: Tufa Iuvale filed a claim under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act against his employer, Coastal Marine Services. Attorney Jeffrey Winter won a recovery for Iuvale and then moved for an award of fees.
Winter sought fees based in part on a $445 hourly rate, but an administrative...
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