A recent Southeastern Texas Record story, “Order Keeps Attorney Fees in $189 TWIA Settlement Under Wraps” reports that a Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order on Sept. 27 that keeps the amount paid to the attorneys involved in massive Texas Windstorm Insurance Association settlement mum. In the order Galveston County District Court Judge Susan Criss writes that attorneys’ fees in a $189 million Hurricane Ike settlement are to remain under wraps for the time being.
The attorney fees in this case have been a hot political issue between Texas Republicans and Democrats, tort reformers, and trial lawyers. The attorney fees will be disclosed at future hearing.