Legal Opinion
Becker v. ARCO Chemical Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 4, 1998No. CIV. A. 95-7191PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, District Judge.
This is an age discrimination case. After an eleven-day trial, the jury awarded plaintiff $736,000 in damages. Presently before the Court are plaintiff counsel’s petition for $562,421.25 in attorney’s fees and $36,613.95 in costs, and plaintiff’s motion to mold the verdict to include post-trial interest, and pretrial interest on the back pay award, and to reflect tax consequences suffered by plaintiff. Defendant opposes the petition for attorney’s fees and costs as excessive, and objects to the Court molding the verdict. For the reasons which…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by29 opinions
- United States v. Eleven Vehicles, Their Equipment and AccessoriesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- William P. Becker v. Arco Chemical Company, in No. 98-1636 William P. Becker v. Arco Chemical Company, William P. Becker, in No. 98-1888Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Sheffer v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2003
- Borrell v. Bloomsburg UniversityDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2016
- O'NEILL v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2000
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