Court Opinion

ID: 7827133
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-07 18:09:52.564155+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:30:53.683132
License: Public Domain

DONALD L. Corbin, Justice, dissenting. I dissent because I stice, attorneys are entitled to a reasonable fee for their continued representation of the individual class members. After this court decertified the class, the attorneys notified the corporations that they were filing individual refund claims for each of them. The majority of the corporations agreed to pay a portion of the refunds to the attorneys for their representation. Obviously, these corporations knew that they would not be receiving anything but for the work of these attorneys. Some of the corporations, however, refused to pay. In my opinion, the attorneys are entitled to a quantum meruit fee for the work they performed for these nonpaying corporations. If these corporations did not want the attorneys to file claims on their behalf, they should have informed them of their desire immediately after receiving notice that the attorneys would pursue individual refunds for them. Because they stood silent, I believe they must now pay for the services rendered.