Anheuser-Busch Facing $16 Million Fee Bid Over SeaWorld Pension

The attorneys who won a $52 million judgment against Anheuser-Busch Cos. asked a federal judge in Missouri for $16.2 million in attorneys’ fees for their work securing pension benefits for former SeaWorld theme park workers.

This fee award is reasonable after nearly 10 years of litigation, which included 4,216 attorney hours expended, and that judgment for past-due payments, the attorneys told the judge. They said the deal also allows for nearly $13 million in increased future payments.

According to the attorneys, this is an “unusual situation” in which they secured a complete victory that gives class members “every dollar ...