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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on July 09, 2019, 12:43:02 pm
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Gibson’s Bakery seeks $9-13 million in attorney’s fees against Oberlin College
Posted by William A. Jacobson Monday, July 8, 2019 at 2:30pm
Court denies Oberlin College motion to postpone attorney’s fees hearing, as “Plaintiffs intend to seek a lodestar multiplier of 2-3x counsel’s hourly fees, resulting in an award range of $9-13 Million plus expenses.â€
The $11 million compensatory and $33 million punitive damage verdicts won by Gibson’s Bakery and its owners against Oberlin College later were reduced to $25 million under Ohio tort reform caps.
But there is an important piece left in the case, the determination by Judge John Miraldi of the amount of attorney’s fees, after the jury found in the punitive damage verdict that the plaintiffs were entitled to such fees.
It has been unknown, until now, how much plaintiffs would seek in attorney’s fees, and on what basis (e.g., contingency fee, “loadstar†or otherwise).
https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/07/gibsons-bakery-seeks-9-13-million-in-attorneys-fees-against-oberlin-college/
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