La. High Court: $22M For Attorneys Must Be Reconsidered After Class Damages Cut

( July 16, 2024, 2:36 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A more than $22 million attorney fee award upheld by a Louisiana trial court and appellate panel due to res judicata after the damages award for a class of landowners suing over water levels was reduced from more than $42 million to $4.6 million must be reconsidered, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled, remanding to the trial court “for a hearing to determine a reasonable attorney fee.”...