Aguilar v. NYC Sable Inc.
- Sarah Netburn
- 1:19-cv-07135
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Aguilar v. NYC Sable, Judge Netburn approved the Fair Labor Standards Act settlement, denied defendants’ modification request, and dismissed the action with prejudice.
The ruling affects Eduardo Aguilar and NYC Sable Inc., along with the other defendants, by approving their settlement and ending the action with prejudice.
What happened
Aguilar v. NYC Sable Inc. is a Fair Labor Standards Act case in which the parties agreed in principle to settle and jointly submitted a proposed settlement for court review.
The court found the settlement fair and reasonable. Although the defendants had signed and jointly submitted the agreement, they later asked to modify it; the court denied that request because they had not shown the agreement was invalid or provided an adequate legal basis for changing it.
Judge Sarah Netburn approved the settlement and dismissed the action with prejudice.
The detailed version
- Aguilar v. NYC Sable Inc. · No. 1:19-cv-07135
- Sarah Netburn
- Mar. 24, 2020
Background
Eduardo Aguilar brought this Fair Labor Standards Act case against NYC Sable Inc. and other defendants. The parties agreed to settlement terms in principle and jointly submitted a proposed settlement for the court’s review under the required review process described in Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House.
Court’s Analysis
The court reviewed the proposed settlement and determined that it was fair and reasonable. The defendants later requested a conference to modify the proposed agreement, even though they had signed it and jointly submitted a letter arguing that the court should approve it.
The court denied the defendants’ request. It stated that the defendants had not shown that the settlement agreement was invalid and had not provided an adequate legal basis for modifying it.
Disposition
Judge Sarah Netburn approved the settlement and dismissed the action with prejudice.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.