HAAS v. BURLINGTON COUNTY

Filing 448

ORDER ADOPTING AND APPROVING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 441 Report and Recommendations; granting in part and denying in part Class Counsels' Motions for Attorneys' Fees (Docket Nos. 364 and 366). Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 9/24/2019. (tf, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

TAMMY MARIE HAAS and CONRAD
SZCZPANIAK, individually and
on behalf of a class of
similarly situated
individuals,
Plaintiffs,

Civil No. 08-1102 (NLH/JS)
ORDER

v.
BURLINGTON COUNTY, et al.,
Defendants.

HILLMAN, District Judge
For the reasons expressed in the Court’s Opinion filed
today,
IT IS on this

24th

day of

September

, 2019

ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Schneider's Report and
Recommendation (Docket No. 441) is APPROVED and ADOPTED in its
entirety; and it is further
ORDERED Class Counsels’ 1 Motions for Attorneys’ Fees (Docket
Nos. 364 and 366) be, and the same hereby are, GRANTED IN PART

1

There are two factions of class counsel involved in this case.
The first group includes Attorneys Carl Poplar and William
Riback (“Poplar Group”) while the second group includes
Attorneys David Novack and Susan Lask (“Novack Group”).
Collectively, the Court refers to these two groups as “Class
Counsel[.]”

and DENIED IN PART.

The Court grants the applications for fees

but allocates the fee in a manner consistent with the Report and
Recommendation: $742,500 to the Poplar Group and $157,500 to the
Novack Group. Costs are also apportioned consistent with the
Report and Recommendation: $20,068.80 to the Poplar Group and
$4,931.20 to the Novack Group.
SO ORDERED.

At Camden, New Jersey

_s/ Noel L. Hillman_____
NOEL L. HILLMAN, U.S.D.J.