Flint, Michigan Class Action Case Fee Issues Are Resolved At the District Court Level.
District Judge Judith Levy of the USDC, E.D. Michigan, has issued her decision on how attorney’s fees should be allocated in the Flint, Michigan water class action. The total settlement was for $626 million. She decided that the main attorneys for the class should be awarded 6.33% out of the common fund, or $39.6 million. However, depending on what is distributed to the class, additional attorney’s fees are going to be capped at 25%, which is less than the 27% requested by plaintiffs’ counsel.