Munchery Inc. class settlement approved
Munchery Inc. class settlement approved by United States District Court for the Northern District of California
The court approved the settlement based on: (1) the strength of the plaintiff’s case; (2) the risk, expense, complexity, and likely duration of further litigation; (3) the risk of maintaining class action status throughout the trial; (4) the amount offered in settlement; (5) the extent of discovery completed and the stage of the proceedings; (6) the experience and views of counsel; and (7) the reaction of the class members to the proposed settlement.
Raisner Roupinian LLP received final approval for a settlement class of 250 online food delivery service employees of Munchery in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company went out of business without written notice to its employees in January 2019 and filed for bankruptcy protection. The parties settled in 2020 and, 24 months after the shutdown, the Court granted full approval of the settlement.
The Court found that Raisner Roupinian’s request for attorneys’ fees and costs, and for an incentive award for the class representatives/named plaintiffs were all reasonable. The decision is: Philips v. Munchery Inc., 19-CV-00469-JSC, 2021 WL 326924, at *3–5 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 1, 2021)