Legal Opinion
White v. FIRST AMERICAN REGISTRY
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 7, 2009No. 04 Civ. 1611 (LAK)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.
Despite misgivings, I previously certified a settlement class and approved a settlement of this action that included payment of attorneys fees and expenses of more than $900,000, extremely limited programmatic changes by the defendant, and the creation of a settlement fund of $1,900,000 to pay up to $100 to each class member submitting a timely and valid claim, with any balance to go to appropriate governmental and/or charitable entities for defined purposes. 1 Not surprisingly, only 4,100 class members filed valid and timely claims, so more…
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- Gizella Weisshaus, on Behalf of Herself and All Other Persons of All National Origins, Ethnic Groups, Races, Creeds and Colors, Similarly Situated as Victims and Survivors of the Nazi Holocaust, Jacob Friedman and Samuel J. Dubbin, World Jewish Restitution Organization, South Florida Holocaust Coalition and Thomas Weiss, Intervenor-Plaintiffs, Washington State Insurance Commissioner, Gregory Tsvilichovsky, Matvey Yentus, Sofiya Bloshteyn, Olga Tsvilikhovskya, Larisa Ryabaya, Rosa Yentus, Pavel Aronov, Lubov Starodinskaya, Eliazar Bloshteyn and Plaintiff's Executive Committee Settlement Class, Interested-Parties. Docket No. 04-2511-CvCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
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