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First Circuit: Rejection of Settlement Offer Does Not Justify Defendants’ Attorney Fee Award

On September 7, 2012, the First Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a $59,787.50 attorney fee award to the defendants in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, finding that the plaintiffs’ rejection of a settlement offer did not render their claims unreasonable.

Three former employees of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ...

 

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