FRIOLO v. FRANKEL

No. 75, Sept. Term, 2002.

819 A.2d 354 (2003)

373 Md. 501

Joy FRIOLO v. Douglas FRANKEL, M.D., et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leizer Z. Goldsmith (The Goldsmith Law Firm, on brief), Stephen Z. Chertkof (Heller, Huron, Chertkof, Lerner, Simon & Salzman, Washington, D.C.; Daniel A. Katz of Andalman & Flynn, Silver Spring) all on brief of Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

Brief of amici curiae Public Justice Center, D.C. Employment Justice Center, CASA of Maryland, Inc., and Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, for appellant.

Wendy N. Hess, Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow, Baltimore.

Gerard J. Emig (Thomas K. McCraw, Jr. of Gleason, Flynn, Emig & Fogleman, Chartered, on brief), Rockville, for appellees.

Argued Before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.


WILNER, J.

Maryland statutes permit a court, in certain actions to collect wages allegedly due an employee or former employee, to award "reasonable counsel fees" to the plaintiff if he or she is successful in the action. The issue before us is whether, in calculating such fees, the court is required to use what has become known as the "lodestar" approach—that is, to start by multiplying the reasonable number of hours...

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