Altagracia v. 1470 Estrella Bar & Restaurant Corp.
- Sarah Netburn
- 1:21-cv-10213
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Mario Altagracia v. Martha Collado, Judge Netburn approved the parties’ proposed Fair Labor Standards Act settlement as fair and reasonable.
Mario Altagracia, Martha Collado, and the other parties to the settlement.
What happened
In Mario Altagracia v. Martha Collado, et al., the parties reached an agreement in principle to settle a case under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal wage-and-hour law.
The parties submitted their proposed settlement for the court’s review. After reviewing it, the court found that the settlement was fair and reasonable and approved it.
Judge Sarah Netburn ordered the parties to file a dismissal agreement stating that the case would be dismissed with prejudice, or to explain why the case had not been dismissed, by September 15, 2022.
The detailed version
- Altagracia v. 1470 Estrella Bar & Restaurant Corp. · No. 1:21-cv-10213
- Sarah Netburn
- July 28, 2022
Background
This was a case under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The parties agreed to settlement terms in principle and submitted a proposed settlement on July 27, 2022, for the court’s review under Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House. That review is required for certain wage-and-hour settlements.
Ruling
After reviewing the proposed settlement, the court determined that it was fair and reasonable. The court approved the settlement.
The court ordered the parties to file a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice, meaning a dismissal that bars refiling the same case, or to report why the case had not been dismissed by September 15, 2022. The order did not state the settlement’s terms or amount.
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