TAKAHASHI v. LOOMIS ARMORED CAR SERVICE

No. 78-1584.

625 F.2d 314 (1980)

Faythe S. TAKAHASHI and Hideo H. Takahashi, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LOOMIS ARMORED CAR SERVICE, Defendant, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evelyn B. Lance, Honolulu, Hawaii, argued for defendant-appellant.

Samuel E. Meredith, San Francisco, Cal., on brief, for defendant-appellant and argued for plaintiffs-appellees.

Paul F. Cronin, Cronin, Fried, Sekiya, Haley & Kekina, Honolulu, Hawaii, on brief, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CHAMBERS and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges, and BILBY, District Judge.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the district court's allocation of attorney's fees between an injured employee, Faythe S. Takahashi, and her employer's compensation carrier, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., in connection with the settlement of a third party action under Hawaii Revised Statute (HRS) § 386-8. The carrier contends that the district court improperly calculated the employer's proportionate share of attorney's fees. We affirm.

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