JERMANO et al v. GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS INC.

Filing 102

ORDER Granting Plaintiff's Counsel's 95 Motion for a Partial Distribution of Attorney Fees. Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HMon)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
JOSEPH JERMANO et al.,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 13-cv-10610
Hon. Matthew F. Leitman

v.
GRACO CHILDREN’S
PRODUCTS, INC.,
Defendant.
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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL’S MOTION FOR A
PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ATTORNEY FEES (ECF #95)
On June 30, 2016, the law firms of Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes,
LLC (“Gentile”) and Thomas, Garvey, & Garvey (“Garvey”) filed a motion
seeking permission to disperse fifty-percent of the attorney fee at dispute in this
case (the “Motion”). (See ECF #95.) The Court held a hearing on the Motion on
August 10, 2016, and it GRANTS the Motion as set forth below.
For the reasons stated on the record at the hearing, and based on the
representations made during the hearing by referring attorney Julie Druzinski
(“Druzinski”), the Court is satisfied that Garvey may disperse fifty-percent of the
attorney fee at dispute in this case that he is currently holding in his client-trust
account. He may disperse these funds to himself, Gentile, and Druzinski in a
proportion that he, Gentile, and Druzinski may agree upon. Nothing in this Order
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shall be considered a waiver of (1) any position that the Goodman Kalahar law
firm may have with respect to the remaining fifty-percent of the attorney fee at
issue in this action or (2) any argument that the Goodman Kalahar firm may make
with respect to the relative value each attorney brought to this case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/Matthew F. Leitman
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Dated: August 10, 2016

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the
parties and/or counsel of record on August 10, 2016, by electronic means and/or
ordinary mail.
s/Holly A. Monda
Case Manager
[phone]

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