00-2089, 00-2796 In the Matter of the Attorneys Fees in Paustenbach, et al. v. Vishnevsky

By: dmc-admin//October 29, 2001//

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Fourteen real estate partnerships and their six individual general partners (hereafter referred to as Vishnevsky) appeal from a judgment declaring how attorney fees will be determined in this class action and from an order imposing a $437,000 sanction for delay in implementing the settlement agreement. We conclude that the circuit court properly exercised its discretion in selecting the percentage of a common fund method for computing attorney fees and affirm the judgment.

The order imposing the sanction is reversed because under its terms, the settlement agreement was not yet operative during the period for which the sanction was imposed.

This opinion will not be published.

Dist II, Waukesha County, Foster, J., Per Curiam

Attorneys:

For Appellant: Robert F. Johnson, R. Timothy Muth, Colleen Ball, Sandra Z. Brown, Milwaukee

For Respondent: Brady C. Williamson Jr., Kendall W. Harrison, Madison

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