NAPOLI SHKOLNIK PLLC v. TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.

No. 18-2172, No. 18-2174.

955 F.3d 745 (2020)

NAPOLI SHKOLNIK PLLC, Movant-Appellant, Bridgette Trice, as trustee for the heirs and next of kin of Devyn Bolton, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee Koua Fong Lee; Panghoua Moua; Nhia Koua Lee; Nong Lee; American Family Mutual Insurance Company, as subrogee of Koua Fong Lee; Jemee Lee, a minor child; State of Minnesota, Department of Human Services; UCare Minnesota, Intervenor Plaintiffs v. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, a Japanese corporation; Toyota Motor North America, Inc., a California corporation; Calty Design Research, Inc.; Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc., a Kentucky corporation; Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.; Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., Defendants Padden Law Firm, PLLC, Movant Robert Bolton, Claimant Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, Movant-Appellant Quincy Ray Adams, Plaintiff-Appellee Medica Health Plans, Intervenor Plaintiff v. Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese corporation; Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc., a Kentucky corporation; Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc., a Kentucky corporation; Toyota Motor North America, Inc., a California corporation; Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., a California corporation; Calty Design Research, Inc., a California corporation, Defendants. Padden Law Firm, PLLC, Movant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas R. Farnolo , Napoli & Shkolnik, Melville, NY, for Movant-Appellant.

Paul Michael De Marco , Bill Markovits , Louise M. Roselle , Christopher D. Stock , Markovits & Stock, Cincinnati, OH, Robert C. Hilliard , Hilliard & Munoz, Corpus Christi, TX, Eric John Magnuson , ROBINS & KAPLAN, Minneapolis, MN, Brent Schafe , Schafer Law, Lilydale, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before COLLOTON, BEAM, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


Napoli Shkolnik PLLC (Napoli) appeals from the district court's order denying its quantum meruit request for attorney's fees. Because the district court1 did not abuse its discretion by denying Napoli's request, we affirm.

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In 2006, a car crash permanently injured Quincy...

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