Legal Opinion
Adams v. Allied Chemical Corp.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided December 30, 1980No. Civ. A. 76-0031-RPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
The instant issue is a dispute over attorney’s fees, which arose in the course of a diversity lawsuit. The original complaint was filed on January 20, 1976, by Sidney Kelsey, a Norfolk, Virginia attorney, against Allied Chemical Corporation and others, seeking compensation on behalf of a group of plaintiffs for damages allegedly sustained as a result of the closing of the James River, due to contamination by the chemical Kepone.
In August, 1979, Kelsey, who at that time believed that settlement of the action was extremely unlikely, entered into an agreement…
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