Dominguez v. Metropolitan Wireless Anandpur Inc.
- Paul Engelmayer
- 1:21-cv-02240
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Dominguez v. Metropolitan Wireless Anandpur, Judge Engelmayer entered default judgment awarding the plaintiffs three wage-related awards of $16,977.89, $17,752.74, and $22,696.67.
Jayleen Dominguez and Yaneiris Fernandez received specified wage and damage awards against the defendants listed in the judgment. The defendants are subject to the stated monetary judgments, interest, and possible 15% increase for nonpayment.
What happened
The judgment in Dominguez v. Metropolitan Wireless Anandpur Inc. awarded Jayleen Dominguez and Yaneiris Fernandez overtime wages, extra pay for long workdays, doubled damages, and statutory damages against specified defendants.
Jayleen Dominguez received a total of $16,977.89 against Metropolitan Wireless Anandpur Bronx Inc., SAB Impex Inc., Veeru Singh, and Talha Munir. Yaneiris Fernandez received $17,752.74 against Metropolitan Wireless Anandpur Inc. and Namit Sahni, and $22,696.67 against Metropolitan Wireless Anandpur Bronx Inc., SAB Impex Inc., Veeru Singh, and Talha Munir. The judgment also includes pre- and post-judgment interest and may increase by 15% if unpaid after the stated deadline.
Judge Paul Engelmayer entered default judgment, and the case was closed. The order refers to an earlier opinion and order for the reasons supporting the judgment.
The detailed version
- Dominguez v. Metropolitan Wireless Anandpur Inc. · No. 1:21-cv-02240
- Paul Engelmayer
- Feb. 11, 2022
Background
The order states that Jayleen Dominguez and Yaneiris Fernandez were the plaintiffs. The defendants were Metropolitan Wireless Anandpur Inc., Metropolitan Wireless Anandpur, Bronx Inc., SAB Impex Inc., Namit Sahni, Veeru Singh, and Talha Munir. The court entered default judgment and awarded overtime wages, spread-of-hours wages, liquidated damages, and statutory damages for wage notices and wage statements. The order does not provide the underlying reasons, referring instead to the court's opinion and order dated February 11, 2022.
Awards
For Dominguez, the judgment awarded:
- $2,686.28 in overtime wages; - $660.00 in spread-of-hours wages; - $3,346.28 in liquidated damages; - $4,900.00 in statutory damages for wage notices; and - $5,000.00 in statutory damages for wage statements.
The total award for Dominguez was $16,592.56 against Metropolitan Wireless Anandpur, Bronx Inc., SAB Impex Inc., Singh, and Munir. The judgment separately awarded $385.33 in pre-judgment interest, for a total of $16,977.89.
For Fernandez, the judgment awarded $17,186.58 against Metropolitan Wireless Anandpur Inc. and Sahni, consisting of $1,868.29 in overtime wages, $1,725.00 in spread-of-hours wages, $3,593.29 in liquidated damages, $5,000.00 in statutory damages for wage notices, and $5,000.00 in statutory damages for wage statements. The judgment added $566.16 in pre-judgment interest, for a total of $17,752.74.
The judgment also awarded Fernandez $21,958.06 against Metropolitan Wireless Anandpur, Bronx Inc., SAB Impex Inc., Singh, and Munir. It added $738.61 in pre-judgment interest, for a total of $22,696.67.
Interest and Disposition
Pre-judgment interest was calculated at 9% per year. The court also awarded post-judgment interest under 28 U.S.C. § 1961. If any judgment amounts remain unpaid after 90 days following issuance of the judgment, or 90 days after the appeal period ends if no appeal is pending—whichever is later—the total judgment automatically increases by 15% under New York Labor Law § 198(4).
Judge Paul Engelmayer's court entered default judgment in the stated amounts, and the case was closed.
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