The (Scranton) Times-Tribune (http://bit.ly/2vxFyza
) reports U.S. District Judge Malachy Mannion found the fee request so
"mind-boggling" and "outrageously excessive" that he's planning to
report the attorneys to a Pennsylvania disciplinary board that
investigates complaints of attorney misconduct.
Lead
attorney Michael Pisanchyn defended the request saying he and another
attorney worked hard on the 2013 lawsuit to hold an insurance company
responsible for delaying payment of a $25,000 car crash claim and won
the client another $100,000 at trial.
Mannion says the bill is based on 2,583 hours, or the equivalent of 323 eight-hour days spent on the case.
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Judge nixes $1M request for lawyer fees in case worth $125K
1 comment:
Good. It's refreshing to see a judge actually turn down excessive fees.
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