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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Tort/Motor Vehicle (P.I.)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

NORTHERN DIVISION 

JAMES KINGMAN and 

REBECCA KINGMAN 

v. No. 3:18-cv-155-DPM 

CHARLI JOSEPH and 

TRANSETFREIGHT LTD. 

ORDER 

PLAINTIFFS 

DEFENDANTS 

1. The Etoch Law Firm's unopposed petition for attorney's fees 

and costs, Doc. 151, is granted with a slight modification. Mrs. Kingman 

agreed to pay her lawyers one third of any recovery plus expenses in 

exchange for their representation. Doc. 151 at 6-7. Her lawyers 

perfected their lien. ARK. CODE ANN. § 16-22-304. And their lien is 

superior to any medical provider's lien in Oklahoma. 42 OKL. ST. ANN. 

§ 43 & § 46. The Etoch Law Firm is entitled to $61,500.00 in attorney's 

fees- one third of the $184,500.00 Amended Judgment- and $13,918.39 

in expenses. (The slight modification is in the amount of the Amended 

Judgment.) The trustee's unopposed request to pay the Etoch Law Firm 

for its work on behalf of Mrs. Kingman, Doc. 160, is also granted. The 

Court authorizes the trustee to pay $75,418.39 to the Etoch Law Firm 

from Mrs. Kingman' s settlement proceeds for attorney's fees and 

expenses. 

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2. For good cause, the defendants' motion to remove the 

parties' release and settlement agreement from the public record, 

Doc. 159, is granted as modified. The Court directs the Clerk to seal 

Doc.156. 

So Ordered. 

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D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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