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HESS v. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC.
OKLADecember 16, 2014Cited 2 times
Defendant WinVolkswagen of America, Inc.
Case Details
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- appeal
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Claim Types
Breach of Contract
Outcome
The Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed the trial court's award of $7.2 million in attorney fees, finding it constituted an abuse of discretion where the class recovery was only $45,780. The court held that including hours from failed out-of-state litigation and applying a 1.9 multiplier based on non-binding Missouri precedent was improper.
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