Messer v. Bristol Compressors International, LLC

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ABINGDON DIVISION TONY A. MESSER, ET AL., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) Case No. 1:18CV00040 ) v. ) OPINION AND ORDER ) BRISTOL COMPRESSORS ) JUDGE JAMES P. JONES INTERNATIONAL, LLC, ) ) Defendant. ) Mary Lynn Tate, TATE LAW PC, Abingdon, Virginia, Class Counsel.1 In this successful class action2 under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2101–2109, class counsel seeks an award of attorney’s fees and costs. Under the WARN Act, “the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party a…