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HECKMANN v. HOSPITAL SERVICE CORP.

No. 80-1316.

104 Ill. App.3d 728 (1982)

432 N.E.2d 891

MARTIN HECKMANN, Plaintiff, v. THE HOSPITAL SERVICE CORPORATION et al., Defendants. — (ERNEST BRANDON et al., Intervening Plaintiffs; LEONARD E. HANDMACHER et al., Petitioners-Appellees, v. THE HOSPITAL SERVICE CORPORATION et al., Respondents-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Modified on denial of rehearing March 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl F. Nygren, Donald J. Duffy, and G. Christian Kronberg, all of Chicago (Kirkland & Ellis, of counsel), for appellants.

Leonard E. Handmacher and Sidney Z. Karasik, both of Chicago, for appellees, pro se.

Order vacated and cause remanded.

JUSTICE WILSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants appeal from the trial court's award of attorney fees for plaintiffs and intervenors in a settled class action suit. The issue for review is that the trial court abused its discretion in awarding substantial attorney fees and incorrectly applied the factors which should be components of a fee award. The pertinent facts follow.

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