Pegler et al v. Television Equipment Associates, Inc. et al

Filing 119

ORDER: For the reasons set forth herein, the undersigned awards Plaintiff interest in the amount of $94.84 and attorneys' fees in the amount of $4,500.00. The Court's review of the claimed attorneys' fees leads to the concl usion that a substantial part of the time expended was necessary because new counsel, who had not been involved in the settlement negotiations or settlement agreement, were brought in to handle this matter at this stage. As a result, time was expende d throughout which would not have been necessaiy, at least not to that degree, if counsel at this time had also been involved in the settlement process. I therefore conclude that the claimed amount of Mr. Licare's work, at 19.4 hours, is excessi ve, and reduce the hours by 30% to 13.58 hours, for a payment due of $6,111. No information has been provided to justify the Federal Express cost, so I do not award it. Defendants have not opposed the payment of interest on the settlement a mount, and therefore the interest payment of $94.84 is ordered to be paid by Defendant TEA. For these reasons Defendant TEA is ordered to pay to Plaintiff the total amount of $6,205.84. This constitutes the Decision and Order of the Court. Counsel is hereby notified that although the undersigned maintained jurisdiction of this matter for purposes of enforcing settlement, the upcoming retirement of the undersigned would prevent the undersigned from doing so in future. Cases assigned to the undersigned will be reassigned to a different Magistrate Judge, and counsel will be notified of that reassignment. (as further set forth herein). SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Lisa Margaret Smith on 9/25/2020) (kv) Transmission to Finance Unit (Cashiers) for processing.