Denise COUTIN, Et Al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. YOUNG & RUBICAM PUERTO RICO, INC., Defendant, Appellee

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• explaining that a district court may not reduce attorneys’ fees “to assuage lingering doubts about the legal viability of [a successful] claim”
• noting that the higher judgment amount “validates the appellant’s rejection of the tendered settlement and immunizes her from detrimental consequences based upon that rejection”
• discrepancy between award requested and received does not \amount to more than one element in the constellation of factors that the court considers when determining the quality of results obtained\
• discrepancy between award requested and received does not “amount to more than one element in the constellation of factors that the court considers when determining the quality of results obtained”
• wherein Plaintiff received a modest award but Defendant was ordered to pay attorney’s fees that far surpassed the jury award
• “If a plaintiff prevails on only some of multiple claims, then a fee reduction may be in order.”

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