9th Circuit Vacates $14.8 Million Attorney Fee Award In Coupon Settlement

Mealey's (November 16, 2020, 11:50 AM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A trial court improperly used the lodestar-only method to calculate attorney fees in a mixed settlement that contained a coupon portion, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Nov. 10, vacating and remanding a $14.8 million attorney fee award (Steve Chambers, et al. v. Whirlpool Corporation, et al., Nos. 16-56666, 16-56684, 16-56688 and 16-56694, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 35366)....