Cisek v. National Surface Cleaning, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

This is an action under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., to recover for non-payment of overtime wages. The matter is before the Court on the motion of plaintiffs’ counsel, following settlement of the underlying claims for $10,002.20, for an award of attorney’s fees and costs in the amount of $13,943.47, which defendants, as part of the settlement, agreed to pay.

The troublesome aspect of this application is that the amounts to be paid to the attorneys and to the plaintiffs themselves appear to have been negotiated together.…