Scott Fetzer Co. V. Weeks

In 1987,  the Scott Fetzer Co. (Fetzer) sued Dwight's Discount Vacuum Cleaner City (Dwight's) over the ownership of 120 vacuum cleaners, valued at $19,000. Dwight's prevailed on a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, and requested attorneys fees of $180,914. The trial judge granted $116,788. We reversed that award as excessive and remanded the issue for the trial judge to re-evaluate both the hourly rate and the number of hours claimed. On remand, the trial judge reduced the total award of fees and costs to $72,746.38. The sole issue before us is whether the trial court properly calculated those fees. We hold that it did not, and further reduce the total award of fees and costs to $22,454.28.