Wilson et al v. Corbin Contracting LLC

Filing 25

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 24 Plaintiffs' Motion for Judgment on Attorney Fees in the amount of $10,867.00. Signed by Judge Sarah D. Morrison on 8/29/24. (sem)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION
CAROL A. WILSON, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

:
Case No. 2:23-cv-2853
Judge Sarah D. Morrison
Magistrate Judge Kimberly A.
Jolson

v.
CORBIN CONTRACTING, LLC,

:

Defendant.
ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Judgment of
Attorney’s Fees. (ECF No. 24.) The time for responding to the Motion has passed
and no response was filed.
Plaintiffs seek $12,918.69 for attorney fees and costs incurred during the life
of the case. (Id.) Of that total amount, $187.50 was paid to attorney John Stock;
$1,864.19 was paid to Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease LLP; and $10,867.00 was
paid to Ledbetter Partners, LLC. (Id.) The Motion is supported by time entries from
Ledbetter Partners and Carol A. Wilson’s declaration that Plaintiffs paid the abovenoted amounts and that deemed those amounts to be reasonable. (See ECF No. 241, ¶¶ 3, 9.) The Court has reviewed the hourly rates and the hours expended by
Ledbetter Partners and concludes that its requested fees are reasonable. See
Messing v. Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 23-1824, 2024 WL 3950239, at *4
(6th Cir. Aug. 27, 2024). But, among other issues, the motion does not include any
evidence that enables this Court to evaluate the amount of time Mr. Stock or Vorys
devoted to each task comprising their representation, so the Court is unable to
approve recoupment of their fees. Id. at *5.
Plaintiffs’ Motion is thus GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.
The Clerk shall enter JUDGMENT in the amount of $10,867.00 in favor of
Plaintiffs and shall terminate the case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Sarah D. Morrison
SARAH D. MORRISON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE