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· 2/28/2024

TAVARIS MC KINNIE v. STATE OF FLORIDA

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that 50 percent enhancement in a wholly contingent risk case was not excessive
  • upholding a 50 percent enhancement, which plaintiff had not appealed, as permissible but describing it as “below the Title VII contingency enhancements typically awarded in this circuit”
  • upholding a 50 percent enhancement, which plaintiff had not appealed, as permissible but describing it as \below the Title VII contingency enhancements typically awarded in this circuit\
  • awarding 25% enhancement for exceptional results where counsel “remained active in the litigation over a period of fifteen years”
  • awarding twenty five percent enhancement for exceptional results and where counsel “remained active in the litigation over a period of fifteen years”
  • district court properly considered “exceptional results” and “quality of representation” as factors in awarding enhancement

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