LONDONA British court says hundreds of people who received chemical
burns from leather sofas will share 20 million pounds, or about $30
million, in compensation.
The customers took legal action after claiming of skin and eye
complaints or breathing difficulties from the Chinese-made furniture,
dubbed ³toxic sofas.²
The problems were blamed on dimethyl fumarate, a fungicide designed to
stop the furniture from becoming mouldy.
The European Union banned the chemical last year.
Lawyers told a judge at London¹s High Court on Monday that agreement had
been reached between the plaintiffs and a company that owns several
furniture retailers.
It will see 1,650 victims receive up to 9,000 pounds, or about $14,000,
apiece. Legal action continues in 3,000 other cases.
" Rumple Stiltskin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Wonder how much the lawyers get. Ever notice the press rarely shares that
> information?
Oh, yeah, there's a prime example of yet another ambulance chasing
scumbag lawyer, frivolous law suit (did I mention LIBERAL scumbag lawyer?).
In the U.S., normal attorney compensation is a third, sometimes 40%. It
could also be that the attorney(s) took the case on a contingency basis; the
lawyers are covering all the expenses in taking the case and if they lose,
they get nothing.
Dave in Houston
On Apr 26, 7:03=A0pm, " Rumple Stiltskin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > LONDON > burns from leather sofas will share 20 million pounds, or abou=
t
> > $30
> > million, in compensation.
> > The customers took legal action after claiming of skin and eye
> > complaints or breathing difficulties from the Chinese-made furniture,
> > dubbed toxic sofas.
> > The problems were blamed on dimethyl fumarate, a fungicide designed to
> > stop the furniture from becoming mouldy.
> > The European Union banned the chemical last year.
> > Lawyers told a judge at London s High Court on Monday that agreement ha=
d
> > been reached between the plaintiffs and a company that owns several
> > furniture retailers.
> > It will see 1,650 victims receive up to 9,000 pounds, or about $14,000,
> > apiece. Legal action continues in 3,000 other cases.
>
> Wonder how much the lawyers get. Ever notice the press rarely shares that
> information?
Between one third and one half.
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> LONDON > burns from leather sofas will share 20 million pounds, or about
> $30
> million, in compensation.
> The customers took legal action after claiming of skin and eye
> complaints or breathing difficulties from the Chinese-made furniture,
> dubbed ³toxic sofas.²
> The problems were blamed on dimethyl fumarate, a fungicide designed to
> stop the furniture from becoming mouldy.
> The European Union banned the chemical last year.
> Lawyers told a judge at London¹s High Court on Monday that agreement had
> been reached between the plaintiffs and a company that owns several
> furniture retailers.
> It will see 1,650 victims receive up to 9,000 pounds, or about $14,000,
> apiece. Legal action continues in 3,000 other cases.
Wonder how much the lawyers get. Ever notice the press rarely shares that
information?
In article <[email protected]>,
Rumple Stiltskin <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> LONDON > burns from leather sofas will share 20 million pounds, or about
>> $30
>> million, in compensation.
>> The customers took legal action after claiming of skin and eye
>> complaints or breathing difficulties from the Chinese-made furniture,
>> dubbed ³toxic sofas.²
>> The problems were blamed on dimethyl fumarate, a fungicide designed to
>> stop the furniture from becoming mouldy.
>> The European Union banned the chemical last year.
>> Lawyers told a judge at London¹s High Court on Monday that agreement had
>> been reached between the plaintiffs and a company that owns several
>> furniture retailers.
>> It will see 1,650 victims receive up to 9,000 pounds, or about $14,000,
>> apiece. Legal action continues in 3,000 other cases.
>
>Wonder how much the lawyers get. Ever notice the press rarely shares that
>information?
In this case, all one has to do is read the article. :)
A 20,000,000 Sterling settlement, with 1650 victims at 9,000 sterling ea.
That's a 14.8 million Sterling distribution. Presumably the other 5+ million
Sterling is going to the lawyers.
The victims look to be getting 3x what the lawyers are. That's a better
ratio than a lot of U.S. cases.