Legal Opinion
Lawrence Padrta v. Ledar Transport
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 8, 2004No. 03-3679UnpublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
Ledar Transport appeals the district court’s 1 award of $199,104.00 in attorneys’ fees under 49 U.S.C. § 14704(e) in a case where damages totaled $40,872.12. We affirm.
I
On March 25, 1996, Lawrence Padrta and Ronald Holman 2 filed a class action suit alleging Ledar had failed to provide accountings of owner-operator escrow funds and to return those funds in violation of the “Truth-in-Leasing” regulations, 49 U.S.C. § 14102 and 49 C.F.R. § 376.12(k). Padrta also alleged a state law breach of contract claim for failure to compensate the owner-operators properly. Ledar failed to respond, a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Denise COUTIN, Et Al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. YOUNG & RUBICAM PUERTO RICO, INC., Defendant, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Tusa v. Omaha Auto Auction Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
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