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BLACKBURN v. GOETTEL-BLANTON

No. 88-15645.

898 F.2d 95 (1990)

Joseph G. BLACKBURN; Mary Louise Blackburn, Special Administrator of the Estate of Joseph G. Blackburn, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Sheryl GOETTEL-BLANTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Johnson, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendant-appellant.

Jay M. Fidell, Bendet, Fidell, Sakai & Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before SNEED, KOZINSKI and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

This is a case of litigation run amok. A minor dispute that long ago should have been resolved by the parties without the help of lawyers has been transformed into an attorney-fee-generating machine. While yielding only $6,654 in damages, it has resulted in more than $133,000 in billings for plaintiffs alone. We consider, inter alia, whether Hawaii law permits an attorney's fees award to exceed the underlying judgment.

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