A federal appeals court has rejected challenges to the $567 million attorney fee award in the fen-phen diet-drug litigation, declaring that Judge Harvey Bartle III had handled the massive case properly at every step. "The amount of the award, though extraordinarily large, is not excessive in this extraordinary case," 3rd Circuit Judge Kent Jordan wrote. Jordan found that Bartle "employed transparent procedures and undertook a thorough and proper analysis -- based on the appropriate information -- in determining the award."
October 09, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected challenges to the $567 million attorney fee award in the fen-phen diet-drug litigation, declaring that Chief U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania had handled the massive case properly at every step.
“The amount of the award, though extraordinarily large, is not excessive in this extraordinary case,” 3rd Circuit Judge Kent A. Jordan wrote.
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