By Zachary Kalmbach. A Louisiana bankruptcy court slashed a near $1 million application for compensation by 41%, finding a severe lack of billing judgment. After Chris Ridgeway filed for bankruptcy, (the “Bankruptcy Matter”), Stryker Corporation was the sole remaining unpaid creditor, stemming from a judgment against Ridgeway in a trade secrets case in Michigan, (the […] Read More...
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By Kathleen Ramirez. In Clemens v. New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a recent case in the Court of Appeals, the Court affirmed the Pennsylvania District Court’s decision to deny a fee award. The Court of Appeals ruled that the District Court did not abuse its discretion when it denied an insured’s request for […] Read More...
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Posted On January 16th, 2019 by Legal Fee Advisors
By Zachary Kalmbach. A plethora of improprieties in a million-dollar fee petition led a federal judge to slash the request in half. Owners of property along a 3-mile railroad right-of-way in Missouri sued the government for compensation under the Takings Clause after the government issued a notice that the property would be used as a […] Read More...
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Posted On January 16th, 2019 by Legal Fee Advisors
By Zachary Kalmbach. A Pennsylvania judge was so offended by the excessiveness of a fee petition that he denied it in full, referred the petitioning attorney for discipline, and suggested that she deserved to be disbarred. The case was a civil rights action that lasted ten years and originally involved many defendants and “a barrage […] Read More...
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Posted On December 4th, 2018 by Legal Fee Advisors
By Zachary Kalmbach. A Texas appellate court was troubled by a trial court’s grossly inadequate consideration of a large fee award, and remanded the case for reconsideration. James McGibney, who is a founder and operator of a number of “vigilante justice” websites, sued Neal Rauhauser alleging a number of defamation torts. The trial court dismissed […] Read More...
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Posted On November 20th, 2018 by Legal Fee Advisors
By Zachary Kalmbach. A plethora of billing improprieties led a Missouri federal court to cut a fee request by nearly 40%. In the case, the plaintiffs claimed that certain Missouri healthcare statutes were preempted by the Affordable Care Act. The Court granted summary judgment for plaintiffs, after which plaintiffs sought $513,799.57 in attorneys’ fees. A […] Read More...
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Posted On November 6th, 2018 by Legal Fee Advisors
By Zachary Kalmbach. A California federal court has laid out a number of reasons for significantly reducing a request for attorneys’ fees. The case arose from a homeowners’ association’s adoption of a “no sports play” rule, which prohibited children under the age of 14 from being in the complex’s common area without adult supervision, and […] Read More...
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Posted On October 23rd, 2018 by Legal Fee Advisors
By Zachary Kalmbach. In a case that should give future fee petitioners paws, a California appellate court affirmed a massive fee reduction involving holding periods at a dog shelter. Plaintiff’s dog was impounded at a county dog shelter and adopted after the shelter applied a four-business-day holding period. Plaintiff attempted to retrieve the dog, but […] Read More...
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Posted On September 25th, 2018 by Legal Fee Advisors
By Zachary Kalmbach. A federal court in Mississippi slashed a fee request in half because of improper billing practices such as block billing. This fee dispute stems from a years-long, “extremely contentious litigation” between KLLM Transport Services (“KLLM”) and JBS Carriers (“JBS”). KLLM alleged that JBS tortuously interfered with KLLM’s trucking contract with a chicken […] Read More...
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Posted On September 11th, 2018 by Legal Fee Advisors
By Zachary Kalmbach. A federal court in Nebraska made substantial reductions to a fee request to account for a plethora of billing errors. Defendants, Werner Enterprises and Drivers Management, operated a student driver program for new truck drivers. Plaintiffs filed a class action seeking compensation for unpaid wages allegedly earned during off-duty time spent on […] Read More...
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