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p0692 To avoid turning the Private Attorney General law into an unwarranted cornucopia of attorney fees for those who act under the guise of benefiting the public interest while actually performing duplicative, unnecessary, and valueless services, a trial court should determine realistically the significance of the benefit resulting from the action brought by a person seeking fees and the size of the class receiving it.
BAXTER v SALUTARY SPORTS CLUBS (Deficient Contracts) 122 CA4 941 [See: CCP 1021.5; B&PC 17200; Mandicino v Maggard 210 CA3 1413; Flannery v CHP 61 CA4 629, T/AT 3/98]
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