http://overlawyered.com/2007/05/tax-fee-class-action-claimants-get-75k-lawyers-538k/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://overlawyered.com/2007/05/tax-fee-class-action-claimants-get-75k-lawyers-538k/comment-page-1/#comment-7482 Mahlon Thu, 31 May 2007 11:02:54 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4954#comment-7482 The good thing is that the case is completely valid and should have been brought. The bad thing is the manner in which it was settled. Damages in a case like this should have been easy to determine and the identity and address of the claimants was readily available from the agencies records. I don't have a problem with the fees if the time was spent, and the damages figure was not a cop-out. The payout of the settlement money is, however, suspect. The good thing is that the case is completely valid and should have been brought. The bad thing is the manner in which it was settled. Damages in a case like this should have been easy to determine and the identity and address of the claimants was readily available from the agencies records. I don’t have a problem with the fees if the time was spent, and the damages figure was not a cop-out. The payout of the settlement money is, however, suspect.

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