Opinion
14-MD-2543 (JMF) 14-MC-2543 (JMF)
06-23-2021
IN RE GENERAL MOTORS LLC IGNITION SWITCH LITIGATION
[PROPOSED] COMMON BENEFIT ORDER FUND DISBURSEMENT ORDER
Jesse M. Furman, United States District Judge
WHEREAS, Orders No. 13 (Dkt. No. 304) and No. 42 (Dkt. No. 743) establish procedures for the collection, expenditure, and disbursement of funds for the common benefit of Plaintiffs in this multi-district litigation;
WHEREAS, Co-Lead Counsel, Executive Committee members, and Liaison Counsel have made periodic payments of assessments, Executive Committee members and Liaison Counsel have previously been reimbursed in full for those payments;
WHEREAS, Co-Lead counsel have previously been reimbursed in part;
WHEREAS the Motion for Approval of Allocation of Attorneys Fees and Costs, filed by Co-Lead counsel with primary responsibility for economic loss cases (also appointed as Class Counsel), calls for reimbursement of their firms, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP for most of their assessments;
WHEREAS, Co-Lead Counsel with primary responsibility for personal injury and wrongful death cases, or his law firm, has paid a total of $2,735,000 in assessments that have not been reimbursed;
WHEREAS, Plaintiffs seek reimbursement of the above-referenced amount;
WHEREAS, there are sufficient funds for the reimbursement in the Common Benefit Order Fund;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the $2,735,000 shall be disbursed from the Common Benefit Order Fund to Hilliard Martinez Gonzales LLP.
SO ORDERED.