California Court of Appeal

ACREE v. GEN. MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORP., C032862, C034059

Under Civil Code section 1717(a), when plaintiffs' class action results in a favorable liability verdict, plaintiffs' counsel is entitled to obtain attorney's fees on behalf of the "prevailing party," even if only a small portion of the class recovered damages.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2001
• Published 09/20/2001

Judges

• DAVIS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Severson & Werson, Edmund T. King II, Jan T. Chilton, John B. Sullivan, San Francisco, for Defendant and Appellant., Farrow, Bramson, Baskin & Plutzik, Robert M. Bramson, Barry Baskin, Daniel E. Birkhaeuser, Jennifer S. Rosenberg, Kathryn A. Schofield, Walnut Creek;  Lovitt & Hannan, Ronald Lovitt, J. Thomas Hannan;  Chavez & Gertler and Mark A. Chavez, San Francisco, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.