· 1/4/1957
Bell v. Mykytiuk
Citations
- 147 F. Supp. 315
- 1957 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4244
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- approving $5,000 incentive awards where plaintiffs expended “significant time and resources” for a litigation that had been pending for “over a year”
- approving $5,000 incentive awards where plaintiffs expended “significant time and resources” for a litigation that had been pending for “over a year”
- approving cy pres donation to “an appropriate non-profit, legal, charitable or educational organization or entity” as part of class settlement
- reasoning that a lodestar analysis was appropriate for FCRA litigation before the court because plaintiffs did not collect a fund of money; rather, they had to fill out a claim form to secure two free credit reports and two free credit scores
- approving fee award which included “twelve hours of anticipated time related to the preparation and attendance at the fairness hearing” and “ten hours of anticipated time . . . related to carrying out the terms of the settlement”
- finding award totaling 14.9% of the class’s recovery to be reasonable
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Judges: Kraft
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