PADDEN LAW FIRM, PLLC v. TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.

No. 18-2451, No. 18-2576.

956 F.3d 1069 (2020)

PADDEN LAW FIRM, 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; 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., a California corporation, Defendants Robert Bolton, Claimant Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, Movant Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, Movant Padden Law Firm, 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.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Michael Jadin , Anthony T. Smith , Smith & Jadin, Bloomington, MN, Timothy Dale Johnson , Roeder & Smith, Bloomington, MN, Michael Brady Padden , Padden Law Firm, Lake Elmo, MN, for Movant-Appellant Padden Law Firm, PLLC.

Paul Michael De Marco , Bill Markovits , Louise M. Roselle , Christopher D. Stock , Markovits & Stock, Cincinnati, OH, Nicholas R. Farnolo , Napoli & Shkolnik, Melville, NY, Robert C. Hilliard , Hilliard & Munoz, Corpus Christi, TX, Eric John Magnuson , Robins & Kaplan, Minneapolis, MN, Brent Schafer , Schafer Law Firm, Lilydale, MN, Kenneth Ross White , Kenneth R. White Law Office, Mankato, MN, Plaintiff-Appellee Bridgette Trice, as trustee for the heirs and next of kin of Devyn Bolton, deceased.

Before COLLOTON, BEAM, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


The Padden Law Firm appeals the district court's1 decision to alter the distribution of attorney's fees set forth in a contingency fee sharing agreement between two law firms in a products liability case. We affirm.

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