(October 9, 2018, 1:13 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appeals court reversed a trial court’s decision to award a plaintiff’s law firm 10 percent of the total value of an $18 million settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit instead of the requested 31 percent of the share allocated to the decedent’s four minor children. The appeals court remanded Oct. 2, saying the lower court abused its discretion by relying heavily on the children’s medical needs in reaching its decision (Nicolas Schulz, et al. v. Jeppesen Sanderson Inc., et al., No. B27749, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., Div. 1)....