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FRIEDRICH v. FIDELITY NAT. BANK

No. A00A1970.

545 S.E.2d 107 (2001)

247 Ga. App. 704

FRIEDRICH et al. v. FIDELITY NATIONAL BANK.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

January 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vaughan & Murphy, Charles C. Murphy, Jr., Patricia A. Chandler, Atlanta, for appellants.

Stites & Harbison, James T. White, Atlanta, for appellee.

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

This appeal raises a question of first impression in this State concerning the method of awarding attorney fees following the settlement of a class action lawsuit. We find persuasive Camden I Condo. Assn. v. Dunkle, 946 F.2d 768 (11th Cir.1991). That decision describes three methods of determining attorney fees in the type of settlement here and concludes that the "percentage of the fund" method is the...

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