Grossly Excessive : Attorneys Seek $202M of $641M Settlement Over Flint Water Crisis atlantablackstar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from atlantablackstar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
LANSING – Lawyers involved in a massive settlement of civil lawsuits arising from the Flint water crisis would receive up to $202.8 million in attorney fees, plus nearly $7.2 million in expenses, under a proposal filed with a federal judge late Monday night.
Overall, attorney fees would consume about 32% of the total settlement of $641.25 million. That percentage is in line with contingency fees in civil lawsuits, but experts interviewed Monday said it is a high percentage for a megafund settlement like the one for Flint.
It will be up to U.S. District Judge Judith Levy, who is handling the case, to decide the attorney fee question.
Attorneys in Flint water crisis settlement seek more than $200 million in fees
Attorneys in Flint water crisis settlement seek more than $200 million in fees
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Emergency managers switched Flint s water supply to the Flint River in 2014, but the water wasn t properly treated to reduce corrosion.
A host of attorneys who worked to obtain a settlement of $641.25 million for Flint residents harmed by the city s lead-tainted water crisis could take roughly one-third of that money in the form of fees, under a proposal unveiled Monday in federal court.
Attorneys working for nearly two dozen law firms and advocacy groups from around the country are requesting a federal judge to approve a fee proposal that would amount to more than $202.7 million. The attorneys are also seeking reimbursement of more than $7.1 million in expenses.
Attorneys’ fees would eat up $202M of Flint water crisis settlement fund
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
Posted Mar 09, 2021
Attorney Ben Crump speaks to nearly 100 Flint reisdents at a rally on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 at Berston Fieldhouse on Flint s north side. Crump and associates from his law firm, as well as Napoli Shkolnik Law Firm, discussed legal resources available to residents exposed to lead during the water crisis. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | MLive.com
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FLINT, MI Attorneys representing Flint residents in their proposed $641-million settlement of claims related to the city’s water crisis would receive roughly $202 million in attorney fees, according to a proposal filed Monday, March 8, in federal court.
In court filing, lawyers seek up to $202 8M in fees from Flint water settlement msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.