Legal Opinion
Ryan v. Dow Chemical Co.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 27, 1985No. MDL No. 381, 79-C-747, CV-85-2022PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER.
WEINSTEIN, Chief Judge:
David J. Dean, Esq., a member of the Agent Orange Plaintiffs’ Management Committee (“PMC”), has moved to set aside the PMC’s agreement to pay certain committee members a 300 percent return of funds they advanced to finance the litigation. The payment would be made out of all the fees awarded to the PMC attorneys by the court. The other PMC members oppose the motion and seek to compel arbitration. For reasons indicated below, Mr. Dean’s motion is denied and the petition to compel arbitration is dismissed.
The issues raised by Mr. Dean’s motion present…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re Agent Orange Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1985