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More than 10.000 documents for common fund doctrine

- Smith v. State Teachers Retirement Bd., (Ohio 2002)
class certification properly denied as moot, common fund doctrine does not apply
- Ohio Supreme Court
- The Erosion Continues: Washington Supreme Court Expands The Olympic Steamship Rule And Finds A Viable Bad Faith Claim By A PIP 'Insured'
... by the PIP insureds via the equitable "common fund" doctrine, even though the insurer derived no...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- United States Law Articles in English
- Hoeppner v. Jess Howard Elec. Co., (Ohio 2002)
Trial court erred by entering judgment for damages in excess of jury's award. Portion of damages award was outside the statute of limitations, as plaintiffs did not establish that equitable estoppel should toll the four-year statute of limitations on claim for breach of fiduciary duty. Trial court did not abuse its discretion when it awarded attorney fees under the common fund doctrine.
- Ohio Supreme Court

- Robert Lampl v. Diana Miller, (3rd Cir. 2012)
...'s interest in an automobile dealership commonly known as Midtown Motors. . Section 4(i) of the Set... Lien, Or, Allow Payment Under the Common Fund Doctrine" ("Motion to Enforce" or "Motion") in Ban...
- Federal Circuits
- Boeing Co. v. Van Gemert, 444 U.S. 472 (1980)
... be awarded only from the portion of the fund actually claimed by class members, not from the un... a benefit within the meaning of the common-fund doctrine, which allows the assessment of atto...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Health Care Lien Holders Needn't Pay Attorney Fees, Rules Illinois Supreme Court
Hospitals holding health care liens against personal injury settlements aren't required to pay a proportionate share of the plaintiffs' attorney fees, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment. The decision addressed the claims of two plaintiffs, each of whom filed personal injury lawsuits after being involved in automobile accidents.

...The plaintiffs argued that, based on the "common fund" doctrine, the hospitals were responsible for...
- Lawyers USA
- April 04, 2011
- Administrative Committee of the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Associates' Health and Welfare Plan, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Clara Varco, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant., 338 F.3d 680 (7th Cir. 2003)
... and her attorney from disbursing those funds or further adjudicating the matter in state court....'s attorney's fees pursuant to Illinois' common fund doctrine. The Committee appealed the order di...
- Federal Circuits
- The Erosion Continues: Washington Supreme Court Expands The Olympic Steamship Rule And Finds A Viable Bad Faith Claim By A PIP 'Insured'.
... by the PIP insureds via the equitable "common fund" doctrine, even though the insurer derived no...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2012, January 2012
- Blue Cross Blue IL v. Cruz, Jose S., (7th Cir. 2007)
... it, but Cruz argued that under Illinois's common fund doctrine he was entitled to deduct a third as...
- Federal Circuits
- Bogart v. King Pharm, (3rd Cir. 2007)
... of that amount as attorneys' fees under a common fund theory of recovery. He has appealed the Distr...The Common Fund doctrine preserves the right of the litigant or couns...
- Federal Circuits