Rothermel v. General Motors LLC
| Jordon Rothermel |
| General Motors L.L.C. |
| 1:2017cv09353 |
| November 29, 2017 |
| US District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| Foley Square Office |
| Jesse M. Furman |
| Motor Vehicle Product Liability |
| 28 U.S.C. ยง 1441 |
| Both |
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MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER re: (8509 in 1:14-md-02543-JMF, 101 in 1:17-cv-09353-JMF) MOTION for Reconsideration re; (8481 in 1:14-md-02543-JMF) Memorandum & Opinion . filed by Jordon Rothermel. Accordingly, Youngblood's motion for reconsideration is DENIED. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate 14-MD-2543, ECF No. 8509 and 17-CV-9353, ECF No. 101. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 4/29/2021) (nb)
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OPINION AND ORDER re: (8049 in 1:14-md-02543-JMF) MOTION for Attorney Fees pursuant to Order Granting Motion to Enforce Charging Lien(Doc. 8028). filed by Jordon Rothermel, (8078 in 1:14-md-02543-JMF) MOTION for Attorney Fees Red acted as agreed upon with Counsel for GM. filed by Jordon Rothermel. The Court awards Zonas $3,052.50 in attorney's fees and zero in expenses. The Court acknowledges that that is a significant reduction from what Zonas sought. But gi ven the totality of the circumstances, Zonas should consider himself lucky to get anything. Moreover, contrary to Zonas's contentions, see Reply 3-5, the fact that Youngblood's representation of Rothermel also fell short does not call fo r a different result. To be sure, Youngblood's representation left much to be desired: He filed little on Rothermel's behalf, never took issue with the fact that Zonas was listed as attorney of record despite having been fired, and was g enerally poorly informed about the proceedings. But the Court will not reward one subpar lawyer merely because his client replaces him with another subpar lawyer.One final housekeeping matter remains. When Zonas initially filed his motion on July 1, 2020, he included documentation that appeared to contain confidential settlement information. See 14-MD-2543, ECF No. 8049. Accordingly, the Court directed the Clerk of Court to restrict viewing access for the docket entry to counsel for New GM and Rothermel and directed the parties to confer and file proposed redactions on both 14-MD-2543 and 17-CV-9353. ECF No. 87. On July 31, 2020, Zonas filed a redacted copy of his motion (albeit only on 14-MD-2543, notwithstanding the Court's instruction) and did so under restricted viewing access (notwithstanding the redactions of confidential information). That same day, New GM filed its proposed redactions, ECF No. 88-1, noting that "counsel for New GM sent its proposed redactio ns to current and former counsel for Jordon Rothermel in an attempt to confer regarding the needed redactions, but received no response." ECF No. 88, at 1. In any event, the redactions included in Zonas's filing at 14-MD-2543, ECF No. 80 78 conform to those proposed by New GM at ECF No. 88-1. In light of the Second Circuit's recognition of the interest in preserving the confidentiality of settlement-related communications, see, e.g., Gambale v. Deutsche Bank AG, 377 F.3d 133, 143 (2d Cir. 2004), the Court approves the proposed limited redactions on a permanent basis. Accordingly, 14-MD-2543, ECF No. 8078 (which contains redactions of the confidential information) should be unsealed. The Clerk of Court is directed to re move viewing restrictions on 14-MD-2543, ECF No. 8078; to terminate 14-MD-2543, ECF No. 8049 and 14-MD-2543, ECF No. 8078; and to close 17-CV-9353. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 4/13/21) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:14-md-02543-JMF, 1:17-cv-09353-JMF (yv)
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ORDER: On July 21, 2020, James Zonas filed a motion for attorney's fees and costs, see ECF No. 8049, pursuant to the Court's Opinion and Order dated July 26, 2020, see ECF No. 8028. It appears that certain documentation filed by Mr. Z onas may contain confidential settlement information. Accordingly, the Clerk of Court is directed to place ECF No. 8049 under seal, with viewing access restricted to attorneys for General Motors LLC and the attorneys for Plaintiff Jordon Rothermel (James Zonas and T. Patton Youngblood). The parties shall confer regarding the sealed records and, no later than July 31, 2020, file proposed redacted copies - on both 14-MD-2543 and 17-CV-9353 - in accordance with the ECF Rules and Instructions for the Southern District of New York, available at https://nysd.uscomis.gov/rnles/ecf-relatedinstiuctions. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 7/23/2020) (ks)
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MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER re: (7764 in 1:14-md-02543-JMF) AMENDED MOTION enforce the charging lien for attorney's fees . filed by Jordon Rothermel, (63 in 1:17-cv-09353-JMF) MOTION to Reopen Case . filed by Jordon Rothermel, (72 in 1:17-cv-09353-JMF) AMENDED MOTION enforce the charging lien for attorney's fees . filed by Jordon Rothermel, (64 in 1:17-cv-09353-JMF) MOTION Enforce Attorney's Lien re: (53) Notice (Other) . filed by Jordon Rothermel. Zonas's motion to enforce his charging lien is GRANTED as limited to work performed before August 11, 2017, and his motion to reopen Rothermel's case is GRANTED for the sole purpose of enforcing the lien. Wit hin twenty-one days of the date of this Memorandum Opinion & Order, Zonas shall file a detailed accounting of the hours spent preparing Rothermel's case against New GM. Such accounting shall not include time spent litigating any claims agains t other defendants. By the same date, Zonas shall file a motion proposing a reasonable hourly fee. Any opposition shall be filed within two weeks of Zonas's accounting. No reply shall be filed absent leave of Court. The Clerk of Court is directed to reopen 17-CV-9353 and to terminate 17-CV-9353, ECF Nos. 63, 64, and 72 and 14-MD-2543, ECF No. 7764. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 7/6/20) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:14-md-02543-JMF, 1:17-cv-09353-JMF (yv)
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ORDER in case 1:14-md-02543-JMF; denying (81) Motion to Remand in case 1:17-cv-09353-JMF. The motion to remand is DENIED. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate 17-CV-9353, ECF No. 81. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 5/13/20) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:14-md-02543-JMF, 1:17-cv-09353-JMF (yv)
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