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3385 When claims under FEHA are so intertwined that an allocation of attorney fees between successful and unsuccessful claims is difficult, the trial court is in the best position to make such an allocation and its determination should not be disturbed; in awarding attorney fees, a lodestar amount should be adjusted upward by applying a multiplier based on the risk plaintiff’s attorneys took in agreeing to a contingent fee; the enhanced costs provisions of Code of Civil Procedure section 998 has no application to an informal settlement offer made during mediation.CitationGREENE v DILLINGHAM (Informal Offer) 101 CA4 418 [See: GovC 12965; Downey v Downey 196 CA3 983; Meister v Regents 67 CA4 437, T/AT 11/98]
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