What is the test for determining attorneys' fees in a personal injury case?
The following excerpt is from Cal. Ass'n of Rural Health Clinics & Avenal Cmty. Health Ctr. v. Douglas, No. 2:10-cv-00759-TLN-EFB (E.D. Cal. 2014):
Determining reasonable attorneys' fees is a two-step process. First, the court should calculate a "lodestar" by multiplying the number of hours reasonably spent on the litigation by a reasonable hourly rate. Perdue v. Kenny A. ex rel. Winn, 559 U.S. 542, 542 (2010).
Second, the court may adjust the lodestar figure upward or downward. Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 434 (1983). These factors include the time and labor required, the novelty and difficulty of the questions, the skill requisite to perform the legal service properly,
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