Lawyers

The value of the settlement may also be determinative of the plaintiff's attorney's fee because their fees will generally be based on the value of the settlement.

  • However, those fees get paid out whether they're a part of the settlement, whether they come out of the amount paid to the class, or whether they're paid by Wright Life directly.
  • The court wants to know how much the value of the settlement is so I can tell what benefit the plaintiff's attorneys have conferred.

--  Allan Horwich

1999 - SOA - The Role of the Actuary in Litigation Support, Society of Actuaries - 16p

  • Arthur Miller of the Univ. of Michigan
    • Tribute to Arthur Miller, Brad N. Friedman - 4p
      • ... Arthur looked up from the back seat and told me he had just one question: “Will you please tell me, just what the hell is a GIC?
    • 1969 08 - DATAMATION - 230p
      • (p101) - privacy again, The cyni-comic voice of reason of the moderator of the data bank panel, Prof. Arthur Miller of the Univ. of Michigan helped make the privacy issue debate lively. "Do you realize," said Miller, "that the penalty for refusing to answer the Census Bureau question on how many flush toilets you have is the same as that for indecent exposure?" Attacked by census defenders who said that such questions help determine the standard of living in the U.S., Miller rebutted that the 1960 census missed 7 million Americans, including over 5 million in the ghettos, thus destroying the validity of such a census. His point was really that the government and others are running around collecting data in quantity and variation; but the data gatherers are not being selective, are not thinking through what they want in the form of output. 
  • Daniel Girard
    • Mr. Girard currently represents purchasers of universal life insurance in several pending matters, including as liaison counsel in Larson v. John Hancock in Alameda County, California Superior Court, where a $59.75 million settlement is awaiting final approval.
  • Edward Stone

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  • Varacallo v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, 226 F.R.D. 207 (D. N.J. 2005) and 752 A.2d 807 (N.J. App. Div. 2000);
  • Gaidon v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America and Russo v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, 96 N.Y.2d 201 (2001);
  • In Re Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Sales Practices Litigation, 1999 WL 33957897 (W.D.Pa.);
  • Cope v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 696 N.E. 2d 1001 (Ohio 1998);
  • Richard v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (a/k/a In re Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Policyholders Litigation),707 A.2d 512 (Pa. 1998).