United States Ninth Circuit
FISCHEL v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOC'Y OF THE US, 00-16024/16277
After settlement of a class claim involving a system of commission payment to insurance agents, the district court did not abuse its discretion in calculating an attorney's fee award according to the lodestar method rather than the percentage-of-the-fund method, but remand necessary for consideration of a risk multiplier.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/03/2002
- Published 10/03/2002
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Court
- United States Ninth Circuit