Legal Opinion

Berg v. Gackenbach

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided September 1, 1992No. CV 89-1726PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LEONARD D. WEXLER, District Judge.

In the above-referenced action, here on remand from the Court of Appeals, plaintiff class’ counsel (“counsel”) seeks attorney’s fees and expenses from the equitable fund created by the approximately $31 million settlement1 of the above-referenced action. This Court initially granted a $1,465,809.00 lodestar award, multiplied by a risk enhancement factor of 1.6, for a total of $2,351,694.40, plus $299,672.98 in expenses. (Orders dated November 26, 1991.) After an appeal of the Fee Order by objector, Myron C. Gackenbach (“Gackenbach”), the…

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