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: The UCL PractitionerBREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court to issue private attorney general doctrine opinion tomorrow: Olson v. Autombile Club of Southern California
By Kimberly A. Kralowec
Tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m., the Supreme Court will release its opinion in a case involving Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5, the private attorney general doctrine:
Olson v. Automobile Club of Southern California, no. S143999 (argued in San Francisco 1-09-08) The court limited review to the following issue: Is a prevailing plaintiff who is awarded attorney?s fees under the private attorney general statute (Code Civ. Proc., § 1021.5) entitled to recover expert witness fees?
When the opinion is up, it will be available at this link: Olson v. Automobile Club of Southern California, __ Cal.4th ___ (Feb. 28, 2008).
Full post as published by The UCL Practitioner on February 27, 2008 (boomark / email).
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