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X-Lite guardrail safety in question as states remove them kens5.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kens5.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It’s just wildly reckless | Grieving father criticizes Georgia for leaving controversial guardrails on roads An 11Alive investigation found multiple states removed the once prevalent guardrail for safety concerns. Georgia isn t one of them. Author: Lindsey Basye, Kristin Crowley Published: 9:00 PM EDT July 27, 2021 Updated: 9:23 PM EDT July 27, 2021 ATLANTA Guardrails found across the country are now being removed by some states, citing safety concerns where in multiple instances, the rail “penetrated a vehicle cabin.” 11Alive s investigative team, The Reveal, found 29 states have had X-Lite guardrails installed and 18 of those states removed them. Georgia isn t one of them. One Tennessee father has made it his mission to get all X-Lite guardrails removed after knowing firsthand what they can do to a car and a person. ....
'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 Dale G. Young for Crain s Detroit Business 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. ....