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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Grotta v. Grotta, 01-5494 (2002) (2002)

Citation
Grotta v. Grotta, 01-5494 (2002) (2002)
Parent Document
Grotta v. Grotta, 01-5494 (2002) (2002)
Jurisdiction
Rhode Island (state)
Effective Date
2002-09-20

Full Text

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Reviewing the bill of plaintiff's counsel to his client (Plaintiff #1, full), the amount of time claimed was slightly over sixty-seven (67) hours. Defendant did not offer any evidence that the hourly amount charged was not fair or not reasonable. This Court, finds that some of the time expended was not reasonable given the testimony and evidence. Given the unique nature of this matter a "learning curve" should be allowed for plaintiffs' attorney. However, some of the time claimed appears, without further explanation, to be duplicative and therefore should not be entitled to compensation. This Court finds that the fair amount of time reasonably expended was fifty-eight 7/100 (58.70) hours, which, based upon the hourly rate of $110.00 per hour, amounts to a fee of Six Thousand, Four Hundred Fifty-Seven ($6,457) Dollars.