Kieffer v. Walsh Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that fees were reasonable when negotiated by “sophisticated Lead Plaintiffs . . . at arm’s length before this litigation commenced”
• explaining that commonality “does not require an identity of claims or facts among class members” but is satisfied “if the named plaintiffs share at least one question of fact or law with the grievances of the prospective class”
• finding on facts of that case that “when judged against the realistic, rather than theoretical, potential for recovery after trial, the settlement amount is extremely beneficial”
• finding class notice constitutionally adequate in part because \the notice provided a toll-free telephone number to call for more information\
• finding in a putative ERISA class action alleging breach of fiduciary duties that “ERISA litigation of this nature presents a paradigmatic example of a (b)(1) class.”
• citing, inter alia, 3 In re Lucent Techs., Inc., Sec. Litig., 327 F. Supp. 2d 426 (D.N.J. 2004); Kolar v. Rite Aid Corp., No. 4 Civ. A. 01-1229, 2003 WL 1257272 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 11, 2003

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).