CHRIS SANDERS VS. VOLSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC. ET AL

Matter on the DISCOVERY / LAW AND MOTION calendar for Monday, Dec-22-2025, LINE 5. PLAINTIFF CHRIS SANDERS' Motion For Attorney's Fees, Costs, And Expenses.

Plaintiff Chris Sanders' motion for fees and costs is granted in small part. Plaintiff is awarded $15,000 in reasonable fees and $2,140.20 in reasonably incurred expenses for a total of $17,140.20.

Based on the court's extensive experience with fees and costs motions in lemon law cases and a full review of the court file and the papers filed in support of and opposition to this motion, the court concludes that a reasonable hourly rate for a lemon law lawyer practicing alone with the experience of plaintiff's attorney is $300 per hour and a reasonable number of hours for such a lawyer to have handled this case including the filing of this motion is 50 hours. There is no basis for a multiplier, either a positive or negative one. Defendant does not contest the costs claimed to have been incurred by plaintiff.

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