31 results for 'cat:"Attorney Fees" AND cat:"Labor"'.
J. North grants a request by two employees who prevailed in an overtime-pay suit against their employer at a residential heating, air conditioning, and ventilation installer, awarding them $23,000 in attorney fees and costs. The requested $37,000 in fees and costs is reduced, in part, by a reduction in hourly rates.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Louisiana , Judge: North, Filed On: April 10, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv3953, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Employment, attorney Fees, labor
J. Upadhyaya grants the employee's petition for attorneys' fees and costs in the amount of $10,421.68, finding that the requested amount is reasonable, sufficiently supported and timely.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Upadhyaya, Filed On: March 31, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv1816, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: attorney Fees, labor
J. Amon awards a bakery employee $169,773 in attorney fees and $8,062 in costs after he prevailed on his New York labor law claims at trial. The court reduces the attorneys’ requested hourly rates to $450 and $100, respectively, representing a 25% reduction in the amount requested.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Amon, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv1319, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: attorney Fees, labor
J. Sessions sustained and overruled, in part, an industrial acquisition and a bakery investment companies’ objection to fees and costs submissions brought by a class of workers’ regarding labor law violations. The attorneys sought higher than normal hourly fees and number of hours typically approved by the court and the fees shall be reduced. The parties’ statements are very vague for the fees and cost but shall submit a more in-depth revised statement within 30 days.
Court: USDC Vermont, Judge: Sessions, Filed On: March 26, 2024, Case #: 2:21cv120, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: Sanctions, attorney Fees, labor
J. Beckerman awards the employees $556,800 in attorney and paralegal fees for their class action accusing the used car dealership and others of not paying the employees their owed minimum and overtime wages. The employees argue that they are entitled to $725,100 in attorney fees, but while an hourly rate of $530 for the attorney is reasonable given his experience, unique expertise and the issue presented, the slightly difficult nature of the case is not enough to justify the requested $630 hourly rate.
Court: USDC Oregon, Judge: Beckerman, Filed On: March 12, 2024, Case #: 3:18cv372, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: attorney Fees, labor
Want access to unlimited case records and advanced research tools? Create your free CasePortal account now. No credit card required to register.
Try CasePortal for Free
J. Merkl awards a restaurant employee $169,773 in attorney fees and $8,062 in costs after he prevailed at trial on his claims for unpaid overtime wages, spread of hours and failure to provide a time-of-hire notice. He won $618,888 in damages. The court finds both his counsels’ hourly rates and billed hours to be excessive compared to similar cases filed in the district and applies a 25% reduction to their requested amount.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Merkl, Filed On: December 15, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv1319, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Employment, attorney Fees, labor
J. Hall finds a marble countertop supplier liable for an employee’s unpaid regular and overtime compensation and wage statement violations and orders the supplier to pay $31,063 in unpaid overtime compensation, $8,104 in unpaid regular wages, plus liquidated damages, penalties, pre- and post-judgment interest, as well as attorney fees and costs. The supplier failed to present any witness testimony at trial to back up its claims that the litigant was an exempt, salaried manager.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Hall, Filed On: November 30, 2023, Case #: 2:18cv6103, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Damages, attorney Fees, labor
J. Marbley grants, in part, the union's motion for default judgment, ruling the member's failure to respond to any allegations of delinquent contributions entitles the union to an amount of damages that will be determined by an audit, as well as more than $3,000 in attorney fees.
Court: USDC Southern District of Ohio, Judge: Marbley, Filed On: November 20, 2023, Case #: 2:22cv2799, NOS: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) - Labor, Categories: Erisa, attorney Fees, labor / Unions
J. Stiglich finds the district court properly dismissed the physicians’ labor dispute brought through the Employment Management Relations Board against their union. Claims brought against the hospital and union fall strictly within the board’s jurisdiction. Statute limits the district court’s jurisdiction to issuing an injunction to force the union to comply with the board’s orders. However, the court abused its discretion by awarding certain costs to the union which were unsupported by sufficient documentation. Affirmed in part. Reversed and remanded in part.
Court: Nevada Supreme Court, Judge: Stiglich, Filed On: November 17, 2023, Case #: 85928, Categories: Jurisdiction, attorney Fees, labor / Unions
J. Sannes enters default judgment, in part, against a roofing contractor and finds it liable for a roofer’s unpaid overtime wages. The court awards the roofer $9,800 in both compensatory and liquidated damages, plus $2,306 in attorney fees. However, his claim for failure to issue wage notices and statements was dismissed due to lack of standing.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Sannes, Filed On: November 6, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv504, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Employment, attorney Fees, labor
J. Conrad grants members of a class of employees its settlement for Coca-Cola’s failure to pay them after payroll software company Kronos was hacked and offline for over two months in 2021 and 2022. The settlement and attorney fees and costs motions are unopposed and, therefore, granted.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: October 18, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv214, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: attorney Fees, Class Action, labor
J. Howell awards only $9,500 in attorney fees, rather than the requested $50,800, to a masonry worker who won $4,300 in his labor case against his employer. The awarded fees are "based on the time reasonably and meaningfully spent" on the worker's case.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Howell, Filed On: October 2, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv2789, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: attorney Fees, labor
J. Brodie enters default judgment against an employer on a receptionists’ unpaid minimum and overtime wages, wage statement and wage notice claims, finding she sufficiently alleged she was paid only $1,000 in cash each month regardless of how many hours she worked. The court finds she is entitled to $10,198 in unpaid wages plus prejudgment interest, $5,000 in statutory damages and $7,780 in attorney fees.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Brodie, Filed On: September 28, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv643, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Employment, attorney Fees, labor
J. Chen enters judgment against a tow service company and awards a tow truck driver $5,000 in statutory damages, $36,400 in unpaid compensation wages, $4,200 in backpay and $60,000 in punitive damages, along with pre- and post-judgment interest, after a jury found the employer liable for Fair Labor Standards and New York Labor Law wage and retaliation violations. He is further awarded a total of $158,319 in attorney fees and costs.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Chen, Filed On: September 25, 2023, Case #: 1:17cv3018, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Enforcement Of Judgments, attorney Fees, labor
Per curiam, the Fifth Circuit finds the district court properly awarded attorney fees and court costs to the employee/servers who prevailed on most of their claims against the restaurant which deducted 3.25% from credit-card tips which were paid daily in cash to offset processing and cash delivery fees. The employees have not clearly pointed to an error in the court's determining their attorneys' reasonable hours. The court factored in appropriate considerations and acted within its purview in calculating the lodestar. Affirmed.
Court: 5th Circuit, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: August 25, 2023, Case #: 22-50765, Categories: Employment, attorney Fees, labor
J. Chuang grants in part a restaurant staff member her motion for attorney fees and costs following an FLSA settlement with her employer. There was a discrepancy in her calculations, so she will not be awarded the amount she requested but is still entitled to over $80,000.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Chuang, Filed On: August 22, 2023, Case #: 8:21cv2521, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Employment, attorney Fees, labor
J. Simms grants trustees of an electric benefit fund their motion for default judgment after one of their contributors became delinquent in its payments, violating ERISA. Because the contributor has not responded to the affidavit served on it, it must pay over $60,000 in late dues and attorney fees and costs.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Simms, Filed On: August 14, 2023, Case #: 8:23cv433, NOS: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) - Labor, Categories: Erisa, attorney Fees, labor
J. Edison recommends granting $161,000 in attorney fees and costs to the workers following their success on labor claims. The requested $196,000 is reduced to account, in part, for duplicative or unnecessary work.
Court: USDC Southern District of Texas, Judge: Edison, Filed On: August 7, 2023, Case #: 3:19cv320, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: attorney Fees, labor
J. Quereshi grants a pair of former administrative assistants and a construction firm their joint motion for approval of a settlement in this Fair Labor Standards Act suit. The case originally also included claims of gender discrimination, hostile work environment and retaliation. The parties have settled on $115,000 split between the assistants to account for lost overtime wages, damages and attorney costs and fees.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: August 4, 2023, Case #: 8:20cv1846, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: attorney Fees, Employment Retaliation, labor
J. McFarland grants the employee's motion to enforce the settlement, ruling that it is undisputed the employer violated the agreement when it failed to make any payment and it is therefore ordered to pay $24,000 or face sanctions. Additionally, the employee's request for attorney fees related to the motion to enforce is reasonable and will be granted in the amount of $3,300.
Court: USDC Southern District of Ohio, Judge: McFarland, Filed On: August 2, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv799, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Settlements, attorney Fees, labor
J. Quereshi grants a joint motion between a food and beverage manager and a hospitality company after the manager sued for employment law violations. The manager claims she worked in excess of 90 hours a week, although she had been promised no more than 50, and that she was not compensated for overtime. Both parties agree to a settlement of $32,000, and the case is dismissed with prejudice.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: July 19, 2023, Case #: 8:23cv839, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: attorney Fees, Contract, labor
J. Helmick grants the unopposed motion to approve the settlement, ruling that the agreement will compensate underpaid employees fairly and was the result of good faith negotiations by all parties. Meanwhile, the lead attorney of the class is entitled to one-third of the total settlement in fees and, therefore, is awarded $500,000 in fees.
Court: USDC Northern District of Ohio, Judge: Helmick, Filed On: July 7, 2023, Case #: 3:20cv2340, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Settlements, attorney Fees, labor
J. WIcks approves a proposed settlement agreement to resolve claims for unpaid overtime wages and unequal pay brought by a group of 27 male fire communications technicians against Nassau County. The litigants are awarded $1.2 million in damages, which includes $175,000 in attorney fees, costs and expenses.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Wicks, Filed On: June 20, 2023, Case #: 2:22cv1572, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Damages, attorney Fees, labor
J. Boasberg awards $313,000 in attorney fees to an individual following his partially successful race discrimination claim against a federal employee union. The individual is not entitled to his request for $1.4 million in fees, as three of four of his claims were dismissed and he only won $100,000 in damages.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Boasberg, Filed On: June 16, 2023, Case #: 1:17cv2094, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment Discrimination, attorney Fees, labor / Unions
J. Graham finds in favor of the truck driver and labor commission in a lawsuit from a concrete company challenging the commission's findings for the truck driver in proceedings he began after the company refused to accommodate his severe back pain by assigning him to a different kind of truck, then constructively fired him when he would not work until he was accommodated. Based on the facts in the record, including from the commission's proceedings, the company discriminated against the driver over his disability in violation of the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act by immediately and steadfastly shutting down his reasonable accommodation request despite it being on notice that he had a disabling condition preventing him from safely doing his job. The circuit court's ruling affirming the commission's decision in part ordering the driver reinstated and awarding him back pay is upheld, and the matter is remanded for the circuit court to award him attorney fees. Affirmed.
Court: Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Judge: Graham, Filed On: June 8, 2023, Case #: 2021AP002028, Categories: Employment, attorney Fees, labor