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First Circuit Holds $177,729.96 Award for Attorney Fees and Expenses Not Excessive

On April 24, 2008, five Massachusetts jail guards were awarded more than $17,000 in compensatory damages and over $175,000 in attorney's fees and expenses to be paid by Bristol County, Massa¬chusetts Sheriff Thomas Hodgson.

Hodgson had accused the guards of security violations and conducting union business while on duty, and ...

 

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