Human Rights Commission v. LaBrie, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that factual determination that forms basis for award of attorney’s fees “is best left undisturbed absent strong evidence” that it was erroneous
• holding that trial court’s factual determination that hours claimed for attorney activities were not excessive “is best left undisturbed absent strong evidence of excessiveness”
• stating that VHFA “is a remedial statute” that courts must construe generously and exemptions must be read narrowly
• concluding there was “no need to apply the McDonnell Douglas framework . . . because plaintiff presented direct evidence of discrimination”
• noting in context of Fair Housing and Public Accommodations Act that because “FHPA is a remedial statute . . . we construe it generously and read exemptions narrowly”
• trial court is in best position to assess attorney’s fee award, which must be based on particular facts of each case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).