The applicant, a person under disability following a catastrophic motor vehicle accident, sought court approval of a $675,000 all-inclusive settlement for statutory accident benefits.
The court approved the settlement amount as being in the applicant's best interests.
However, the court found the proposed contingency fee of $164,714.87 to be unreasonable given the moderate-to-low risk and the limited time docketed.
The court reduced the approved legal fees to $70,000.
