Sheila A. ex rel. Balloun v. Whiteman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Larson, J.:

This is an appeal from the amount of attorney fees awarded under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1988) by the trial court to the prevailing parties in a class action suit resulting in á favorable settlement where widespread statutory and constitutional violations of the Kansas child welfare system were alleged.

*551Although the four issues raised by this appeal involve only, the amount of attorney fees and .expenses allowed to the prevailing parties after a settlement occurred subsequent to 4Vz years of bitterly contested and contentious pretrial proceedings,…