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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Civil Litigation
Docket No.: 2:20-cv-10309-JMV-JRA
Claimant: Class Action on behalf of 289 Police Recruits (2017-2018)
Claimant's Attorney: Adam Slater, Esq., Slater, Slater and Schulman, 488 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, New York 10022
Settlement Amount: $4,000,000
Funding Source: Insurance Trust Fund
Additional Comments:
$4 Million ($2,660,841.60 to Claimants, $1,339,158.40 in Attorney's fees, expense and costs).
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WHEREAS, on August 11, 2020, Plaintiffs commenced a class action lawsuit pursuant to Section 16(b) of 29 U.S.C. ?216(b) Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") in the United States District Court, District Court of New Jersey, under Civil Action No. 2:20-cv-10309 (hereinafter the "Collective Action") asserting violations of the FLSA and other related claims on behalf of themselves and other former Newark police recruits who attended the New Jersey State Police Academy ("NJSPA" or "Academy") in 2017 and 2018; and
WHEREAS, Plaintiffs alleged that City failed to pay them and the other 2017 and 2018 Collective Class Members (289 total police recruits) overtime for the hours they worked in excess of 40 hours per week; and
WHEREAS, a settlement proposal has been made to resolve this litigation in its entirety by payment in the total amount of $4,000,000.00 (Four Million and Zero Cents ($4,000,000.00) ("Total Settlement Sum"); and
WHEREAS, as part of that Total Settlement Sum, Plaintiff's Counsel shall make an application to the Court for an award of one-third of the Total Settlement Sum in the amount of $1,339,158.40 (One Million Three Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Eight Dollars and Forty Cents) as payment of attorneys' fees, expenses and costs; and
WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs have agreed to accept the remaining settlement amount in two separate payments: ...
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