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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION FOUR
KEISHA SCOTT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Defendant and Respondent. | B192591 ( Super. |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court for Los Angeles County, Conrad Aragon, Judge. Reversed.
Lavi & Ebrahimian, N. Nick Ebrahimian and Joseph Lavi for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel, Lester J. Tolnai, Assistant County Counsel, and Donna Bruce Koch, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.
A jury found that plaintiff and appellant Keisha Scott had been subjected to a hostile work environment due to sexual harassment by defendant Craig Austin, and awarded her damages of $100,000 against Austin and defendants County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (collectively, County). Scott moved for $456,425 in attorney fees -- a lodestar of $228,212.50, with a multiplier of two -- under Government Code section 12965, subdivision (b) (section 12965(b)) and Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5 (section 1021.5). Finding â€
