Legal Opinion
State, Department of Health & Social Services v. Okuley
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 26, 2009No. S-12971PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
This appeal involves a common fund fee award to attorneys who represented, on a pro bono basis, a class of persons wrongly denied Interim Assistance benefits by the State of Alaska. As a result of class counsel's efforts, the State was required to pay $990,010 in retroactive Interim Assistance benefits to 301 class members, as well as $91,575 in prejudgment interest. The court awarded class counsel $46,131.70 in prevailing party attorney's fees under Alaska Civil Rule 82. Over the State's objection and without requiring that notice of a common fund fee…
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