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IN RE SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO FRONT-LOADING WASHER

No. 16-3554.

867 F.3d 791 (2017)

IN RE SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. FRONT-LOADING WASHER PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, Appeals of Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Whirlpool Corp.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 14, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Rosemergy , Attorney, CAREY, DANIS & LOWE, St. Louis, MO, Steven A. Schwartz , Attorney, CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS LLP, Haverford, PA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Timothy S. Bishop , Attorney, Logan Ann Steiner , Attorney, Joshua D. Yount , Attorney, MAYER BROWN LLP, Chicago, IL, Allison R. McLaughlin , Attorney, Joel S. Neckers , Attorney, Michael T. Williams , Attorney, WHEELER TRIGG O'DONNELL LLP, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Posner, Ripple, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.

Sears, the principal defendant/appellant in this class action suit, challenges the district court's decision to award the plaintiffs' attorneys (class counsel) 1.75 times the fees they originally had charged for their work on the case. The judge's reasoning was that the case was unusually complex and had served the public...

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