LEALAO v. BENEFICIAL CALIFORNIA, INC.

No. A085992.

97 Cal.Rptr.2d 797 (2000)

82 Cal.App.4th 19

Richard U. LEALAO et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BENEFICIAL CALIFORNIA, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

July 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Goldstein, Oakland, Daniel J. Mulligan, Jenkins & Mulligan, San Francisco, for Appellants.

D. Ronald Ryland, John D. Pernick, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, San Francisco, for Respondent.


KLINE, P.J.

Appellants Richard U. Lealao and his wife Sese Lealao, who commenced this successful consumer class action, claim that the attorney fees awarded class counsel were unreasonably low. The questions before us are whether, under the circumstances of this case, the trial court had discretion to award a fee based solely on a percentage of the class benefit or, in the alternative, to measure an award calculated under the lodestar methodology by a percentage-of...

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