Weiss v. Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “substantial silent consent weighs in favor of certification” where approximately 100 out of 30,000 class members objected or opted out of class
• observing that “a percentage of the value of the settlement to the class is the appropriate method for calculating counsel fees”
• noting that the expense involved in taking a class action or other complex commercial litigation to trial \can be staggering\
• approving a settlement even though case was still in the early stages of discovery
• approving a settlement even though case was still in the early stages of discovery
• awarding counsel fees based on an average hourly rate of $2,779.63

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).