The Alabama Supreme Court has revived a proposed class action for asbestos plaintiffs suing over a fee charged by their law firm.
By the 1990s, the Environmental Litigation Group represented hundreds of asbestos plaintiffs, charging a 40 percent contingent attorney fee plus reasonable expenses. On Feb. 23, 2012, the firm announced an administrative service expense charge of $250 against clients who were still alive and $600 for deceased clients.
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