The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld $4.1 million in plaintiffs attorney fees awarded by a Philadelphia judge in a Kia Motors faulty-brake class action. The Superior Court panel found there was no palpable abuse of discretion by Common Pleas Judge Mark I. Bernstein, and echoed his reasoning that the plaintiffs attorneys' award was reasonable considering the rates the defense counsel charged, which topped out at $595 per hour for partners -- rates higher than those requested by plaintiffs' counsel.
February 11, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld $4.1 million in plaintiffs’ attorney fees awarded by a Philadelphia judge in a Kia Motors faulty-brake class action.
Last fall, the Superior Court panel that upheld the verdict in Samuel-Bassett v. Kia Motors America Inc. asked Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Mark I. Bernstein to issue a supplemental 1925(a) opinion to support why he awarded $4.13 million in counsel fees and $267,513 in expenses in January 2006.
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