Tillery U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert on Monday approved a $105 million settlement in the class action lawsuit over atrazine, a decision that marks the beginning of the end to nearly eight years of litigation.
For once, we agree with Stephen Tillery. The settlement that he browbeat Syngenta Corp. into accepting -- to make him go away and put an end to eight years of legal haggling -- is "more than fair."
If a federal judge rejects a proposed $105 million settlement over atrazine, plaintiffs' attorneys warn that "the litigation would likely take several years to complete and be both extremely costly and have considerable uncertainty."
Tillery It looks like the proposed $105 million settlement over atrazine may reach the final fairness hearing in October without facing any objections.
Karon CHICAGO - After the rule governing federal class actions was adopted in 1938, a constitutional lawyer who co-authored a treatise on federal practice and procedure commented that the rule made a "bold attempt" to encourage class action lawsuits.
Tillery Although plaintiffs in a Madison County class action lawsuit that led to federal litigation over the weed killer atrazine will be included in the $105 million proposed settlement, it appears they don't want to talk about it - or at least not yet.
Tillery The $105 million proposed settlement in the class action lawsuit over the weed killer atrazine may only be a few months away from a final fairness hearing, but attorneys involved in the case said it took more than a year of negotiating to reach this point.
Tillery An attorney who will share close to $35 million in fees by way of a recent class action settlement in federal court, is seeking at least $18,000 in fees from the University of Chicago in related state court litigation.
Tillery U.S. District Judge J. Phil Gilbert has ordered the escrow agent of the settlement fund in the Syngenta case to pay a Minnesota company about $25,000.
Tillery The City of Greenville has asked the federal judge handling the proposed $105 million settlement in the class action lawsuit over the weed killer atrazine to issue an order directing about $25,000 from a settlement fund to a Minnesota company helping in the implementation of the parties' agreement.