Legal Opinion
Lee v. Javitch, Block & Rathbone, LLP
District Court, S.D. Ohio
Decided July 30, 2008No. 1:06-cv-585PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SANDRA S. BECKWITH, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs motion and supplemental motion for attorney’s fees. (Docs. 152 and 191) For the following reasons, the Court concludes that Plaintiff is entitled to some, but not all, of the requested fees.
FACTS
This dispute arose out of the debt allegedly incurred by Plaintiff Norma Lee. Defendant Javitch, Block & Rathbone, LLP, a law firm and debt collector, obtained a default judgment against Lee on behalf of its client, and then instituted a non-wage garnishment proceeding to collect the judgment. The garnished funds…
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