Legal Opinion
Green v. Nevers
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 29, 1997No. Nos. 95-1940, 95-1941PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
Malice Green died on November 5, 1992, allegedly as the result of a beating by Detroit police officers. Four days later attorney Brunetta Brandy, now an appellant, filed a wrongful death action in a Michigan state court in the name of Rose Mary Green, widow and personal representative of Malice Green’s estate. Within less than one month the City of Detroit offered to settle the case for $5.25 million. Now, more than four years later, two of the many lawyers involved in the case are contesting the amount and division of the district court’s attorney fee award. It is time…
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