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BERRYMAN v. METCALF

No. 68544-9-I.

312 P.3d 745 (2013)

177 Wn. App. 644

Julie BERRYMAN, Respondent, v. Akeem METCALF and Jane Doe Metcalf, and the marital community comprised thereof, and Rita Metcalf and John Doe Metcalf, and the marital community comprised thereof and Jeffrey Walker and Jane Doe Walker, and the marital community comprised thereof, and Michael A. Ward and Jane Doe Ward, and the marital community thereof, Defendants, and Farmers Insurance Company of Washington, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

November 12, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Katherine McCoid , Nathaniel Justin Ree Smith , Soha & Lang PS, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Patrick Joon Kang , Jason Garrett Epstein , Premier Law Group, PLLC, Bellevue, WA, Howard Mark Goodfriend , Smith Goodfriend PS, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

BECKER, J.

¶ 1 The trial court approved as reasonable a total of 468.55 hours billed by two attorneys for taking a minor soft tissue injury case through a short trial de novo, where the defendant did not improve its position after a mandatory arbitration. The court then applied a multiplier of 2.0 because counsel, working on a contingent fee arrangement, substantially risked receiving no compensation or inadequate compensation. Under the circumstances of this...

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