In tentative ruling, Superior Court judge says taxpayers liable for cost of former Assistant City Attorney Marlea Dell’Anno's lawsuit
Earlier this year, the city of San Diego was ordered to pay $3.9 million to a former prosecutor who claimed she was wrongfully terminated. Now a judge has ordered the city to pay more than $1.6 million to her lawyers.
The legal fees only cover the plaintiff’s costs. The city has spent at least $500,000 on outside lawyers in their losing effort to defend the case.Lawyers for Dell’Anno and the city presented oral arguments defending and rejecting the proposed fees at a Friday hearing. Enright asked questions of both sides before saying he would issue a final ruling sometime later.
“In the context of this litigation, the court finds the remaining hours to be reasonable,” Enright ruled. Dell’Anno is a career litigator who rose to the rank of assistant city attorney under former City Attorney Jan Goldsmith. Following a trial that stretched some six weeks, a jury in March agreed with Dell’Anno and awarded damages of $3.9 million. The city first sought a new trial and thenAnother witness in the trial, former deputy city attorney Mark Skeels, was fired last year after testifying in favor of Dell’Anno. Skeels is now suing the city for retaliation, with Gruenberg representing him in that litigation.
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