Frazier v. United States

ORDER

DAUGHERTY, District Judge.

The attorneys for the Plaintiff have filed their Application to Set Attorneys Fee following a compromise settlement of this action. This action was filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq. Plaintiff’s attorneys assert that the provisions of the Act require the Court to set attorneys’ fees. The Court disagrees and declines to set said fees at this time.

Prior to the effective date of the 1966 amendments to the Federal Tort Claims Act, Section 2678 provided that a Court rendering a judgment for the Plaintiff or an agency agreeing…