Court Registry Funds

Plaintiffs Website, Final Judgment Summary – Oct. 10, 2024 written by:

Attorneys David Andersson & Matthew Davis

In the 2nd paragraph of this post, our attorneys wrote the following: 

“There is also approximately $80,000 paid into the Court registry from people who sold their homes while the case is pending.  We will seek a Court order to repay those funds to those former homeowners.”  

“We have no choice but to go back to Freeman and ask him for an order compelling the repayment of the amounts paid and state how they will be handled.”

But what really happened from those who observed: 

Andersson and Davis submitted a proposed order to release the court registry funds into their Trust Fund a few months after the trial. Attached to their proposed Order was a list of people who had sold their homes, along with the sum of each of their court registry funds as of July 11, 2024.  The total was approximately $77,000.

The Intervenors, MJ, and 18 Paradise strongly objected to plaintiffs’ counsel receiving those funds as Andersson and Davis can keep up to 50%, or $38,500 of the original $77,000.  The opposing parties found this unacceptable as they believe homeowners deserve to have 100% of their funds returned. Judge Freeman explained the law holds class counsel responsible for their class, therefore, it was up to Andersson and Davis to return the funds.  

Now let’s re-read their version above: There is NO mention of the lawyers’ request for court registry funds and, in fact, they say they will be doing that in the future. There is also NO mention of Judge Freeman’s statement about them being responsible, nor is there anything about them keeping a percentage of our funds. Instead, they depict a silent judge and it’s up to Andersson and Davis to start the ball rolling on behalf of homeowners.  Why would our lawyers mislead us about our money?