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by the firm, and granted the firm’s request for $1.8 and participated in three in-person mediation
million in expenses. sessions,” Kaplan said.
The ruling also cited the “significant amount of A representative from Robbins Geller did not
time and labor” Robbins Geller spent litigating the immediately respond Wednesday afternoon to a re-
class action, which was first filed in 2012. quest for comment.
“Over the course of almost nine years, they MetLife’s press office did not immediately respond
have, among other things amended the complaint to a request for comment.
four times, opposed four motions to dismiss, The case is captioned City of Westland Police and
reviewed more than 837,00 pages of discovery, Fire Retirement System v. MetLife. ■
obtained certification of the class, took and de-
fended a total of 15 fact and expert depositions, Tom McParland of New York Law Journal can be
litigated motions for summary judgment, filed a contacted at [email protected]. Follow him on
proposed joint pretrial order, prepared for trial Twitter @TMcParlandALM.

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