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LINNEMAN v. VITA-MIX CORP.

Nos. 19-3993/4249.

970 F.3d 621 (2020)

Vicki A. LINNEMAN and Obadiah N. Ritchey, on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. VITA-MIX CORPORATION, Vita-Mix Management Corporation, and Vita-Mix Manufacturing Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 12, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John M. Fitzgerald , TABET DIVITO & ROTHSTEIN, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellants. W. B. Markovits , MARKOVITS, STOCK & DEMARCO, LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: John M. Fitzgerald , TABET DIVITO & ROTHSTEIN, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, Tracey L. Turnbull , PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, Caroline H. Gentry , PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR, LLP, Dayton, Ohio, for Appellants. W. B. Markovits , Paul M. DeMarco , Justin C. Walker , Terence R. Coates , MARKOVITS, STOCK & DEMARCO, LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jeffrey S. Goldenberg , GOLDENBERG SCHNEIDER, L.P.A., Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: GRIFFIN, KETHLEDGE, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

What began as a case about defective blenders has devolved into a quarrel about attorney's fees. In this appeal, we consider several questions of first impression about attorney's fees in class-action settlements. We agree with the district court on many issues but find that it abused its discretion as to...

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