Legal Opinion
In Re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided August 9, 2011No. MDL 1657PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER & REASONS
ELDON E. FALLON, District Judge.
The Court has previously determined the value of the common benefit work in the Vioxx MDL and associated state litigations which produced the global settlement of November 9, 2007. In re Vioxx Prods. Liab. Litig., 760 F.Supp.2d 640 (E.D.La.2010) (“October 19, 2010 Order and Reasons”). The value was fixed at 6.5% of the $4.85 billion settlement amount for a total of Three Hundred and Fifteen Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($315,250,000.00). Now, the Court must allocate those common benefit attorneys’ fees among the attorneys who…
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