LEROY v. CITY OF COFFEYVILLE

Civ. A. Nos. 84-2121-S, 84-2312-S, 84-2313-S and 84-2240-S.

671 F.Supp. 23 (1987)

James R. LEROY, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF COFFEYVILLE, Kansas Insurance Company of North America, and Aetna Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. The HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants. Janice LAY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF COFFEYVILLE, Kansas Insurance Company of North America, and Aetna Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. The HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants. Marcie WILEY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF COFFEYVILLE, Kansas Insurance Company of North America, and Aetna Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Intervenors Cross-Claim Defendants, v. The HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants. Nancy Diane LEMOS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF COFFEYVILLE, Kansas Insurance Company of North America, and Aetna Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Intervenors Cross-Claim Defendants, v. The HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

June 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rene M. Netherton, Jerry K. Levy, Janet Jo Smith, Levy, Smith, Garrett & Smith, Topeka, Kan., for Leroy.

Reed O. Gentry, Matthew R. Davis, Gene C. Morris, Field, Gentry, Benjamin & Robertson, Kansas City, Mo., Joseph H. McDowell, McDowell, Rice & Smith, Kansas City, Kan., for Combustion Engineering, Inc.

Bill E. Fabian, McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, Kansas City, Kan., for Benham Group, Inc.

Steven D. Ruse, Timothy P. Egbert, Anthony F. Rupp, Brian J. Nicewanger, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., Overland Park, Kan., for Bailey Control Co.

Joseph A. Sherman, R. Michael Steele, Sherman, Wickens, Lysaught & Speck, P.C., Kansas City, Mo., Cynthia L. Harmison, Sherman, Wickens, Lysaught & Speck, P.C., Overland Park, Kan., J. Donald Lysaught, Jr., Mustain & Newman, Chtd., Kansas City, Kan., for plaintiff-intervenor Ins. Co. of North America and Aetna Ins. Co.

Gary D. McCallister, Davis, Wright, Unrein, Hummer & McCallister, Topeka, Kan., for plaintiff-intervenor City of Coffeyville, Kan.

Garen L. Cox, Coffeyville, Kan., John R. Cleary, Linde, Thomson, Fairchild, Langworthy, Kohn & Van Dyke, Kansas City, Mo., for Wiley, Lemos et al.

Frank C. Weidling, Edward M. Boddington, Jr., Boddington & Brown, Bill E. Fabian, McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, Kansas City, Kan., Steven D. Ruse, Timothy P. Egbert, Anthony F. Rupp, Brian J. Niceswanger, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., Overland Park, Kan., William Jamieson, Dennenberg, Tuffley & Bocan, Southfield, Mich., for Barksdale Valve Co., Transamerica Delaval, Inc.

Stephen D. Ruse, Timothy P. Egbert, Anthony F. Rupp, Brian J. Niceswanger, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., Overland Park, Kan., for Bailey Meter Co.

Kevin Carver, Laurence M. Jarvis, Chtd., Kansas City, Kan., James L. Eisenbrandt, Morris, Larson, King and Stamper, Overland Park, Kan., P. Gae Widdows, C. Gene Howard, Jackson M. Zanerhaft, William La Sorsa, La Sorsa & Weber, Tulsa, Okl., Sheryl Bussell, Iola, Kan., for Lay et al.

Danna F. Brabender, Paul H. Niewald, Niewald, Waldeck, Norris & Brown, Kansas City, Mo., Michael G. Norris, Niewald, Waldeck, Norris & Brown, Overland Park, Kan., Joseph H. McDowell, McDowell, Rice & Smith, Kansas City, Kan., Matthew R. Davis, Gene C. Morris, Field, Gentry, Benjamin & Robertson, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiffs-intervenors Aetna Ins. Co./INA/CIGNA and City of Coffeyville, Kan.

Bruce Keplinger, Payne & Jones Chartered, Overland Park, Kan., F. Timothy McNamara, Hartford, Conn., Neal E. Millert, Larry J. Tyrl, James, Millert, Houdek, Tyrl & Sommers, Kansas City, Mo., Randolph G. Austin, Holliday & Ruddick, Olathe, Kan., for Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Ins. Co.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SAFFELS, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on plaintiff Leroy's motion for a determination of entitlement to attorneys' fees on the subrogation claim. The court notes that both plaintiff's counsel and the counsel which have represented the plaintiffs-intervenors, City of Coffeyville, Insurance Company of North America (INA) and Aetna Insurance Company (Aetna) have claimed entitlement to attorneys' fees for recovery of the...

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