OWENS v. RYDER SERVICES CORP.

No. 94-AR-1513-S.

918 F.Supp. 366 (1996)

Robert OWENS, Plaintiff, v. RYDER SERVICES CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

February 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Michael Quinn, Deborah A. Mattison, Sandra B. Reiss, Gordon Silberman Wiggins & Childs, Birmingham, AL, for Robert Owens.

Richard E. Smith, Valerie T. Kisor, Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, AL, for Ryder Services Corp. and Commercial Carriers, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ACKER, District Judge.

The court has for consideration the petition of plaintiff, Robert Owens, for an award of attorneys fees and expenses. Defendants, Ryder Services Corporation and Commercial Carriers, Inc., resist the said petition, claiming, first, that plaintiff was not a prevailing party within the meaning of 29 U.S.C. § 794a(b), and, second, that the petition seeks entirely too much.

Plaintiff accepted defendants...

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