Camacho v. Midtown Center Auto Repair Inc.
- Lewis Liman
- 1:19-cv-09505
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Camacho v. Midtown Center Auto Repair Inc., Judge Liman required more information before reviewing the parties’ proposed settlement.
The parties to the proposed settlement—Francisco Camacho and Midtown Center Auto Repair Inc., doing business as Midtown Center Auto Repair, Al Collision, Ruba Abramov, and Rani Abramov—must provide the requested information before the court reviews the settlement.
What happened
In Camacho v. Midtown Center Auto Repair Inc., the parties asked the court to approve a proposed settlement as fair and reasonable.
The court said the information submitted was not enough to conduct the required review. It directed the parties to provide records supporting attorney fees, costs, the settlement amount after those deductions, and any wage-and-hour records needed for a damages analysis.
Judge Liman did not approve or reject the settlement at this stage. He said the court would conduct the required review after receiving the additional information.
The detailed version
- Camacho v. Midtown Center Auto Repair Inc. · No. 1:19-cv-09505
- Lewis Liman
- Mar. 3, 2020
Background
The parties submitted a letter asking the court to approve a proposed settlement as fair and reasonable. They discussed the request with the court during a joint telephone conference.
Court’s Analysis
The court found that the submitted information was insufficient for the review required by the cited Second Circuit decisions. That review concerns whether the proposed settlement is fair and reasonable. The court requested:
- Contemporaneous time records showing, for each attorney, the date, hours worked, and nature of the work supporting the attorney-fee request.
- Detailed documentation and contemporaneous records supporting the requested costs.
- An analysis supporting the claim that the settlement amount remaining after attorney fees and costs is fair under the factors identified by the court.
- Any wage-and-hour records maintained by the defendants for Francisco Camacho, along with a damages analysis based on those records if they exist.
Disposition
The court directed the parties to submit the additional information through the court’s electronic filing system. It stated that it would be prepared to conduct the required settlement review after receiving that information. The order did not approve or reject the proposed settlement.
Parties
The plaintiff is Francisco Camacho. The defendants are Midtown Center Auto Repair Inc., doing business as Midtown Center Auto Repair, Al Collision, Ruba Abramov, and Rani Abramov.
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