| Doughboys
Pizzeria Was Sued Now Lawyer Calls In On
Way To US Open, $2000 More Urged
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
- Guardian
UK - Honduras
- ESPN
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 10 – Miguel Nepomuceno
Valencia sued Doughboys of 3rd
Avenue, Inc. under the Fair
Labor Standards Act. Then...
nothing
happened.
On February 4, 2021 U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge John G. Koeltl held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
Judge Koeltl asked where the
listed defense lawyer Richard
Michael Hendler was.
His
associate said he had another
commitment, that he is an
adjunct professor at NYU.
But so is
Judge Koeltl. Inner City Press
did a bit of research and
foudn that Hendler is also a
lawyer for the creative
classes.
The associate
said that given COVID, the
pizzeria is barely open and
cannot afford to pay $30,000
(a figure she threw out).
Judge Koeltl said that Hendler
should attend the next
conference on February 19.
Jump cut to
September 10, 2021, when
another proceeding was
scheduled. Hendler did not
call in and so was contacted.
He apologized, saying he
forgot about it as "we got
tickets to the U.S. Open"
tennis tournament. The
semi-final, he said, started
at 3 pm.
There was
a proposed settlement, for
$22,000, with the plaintiffs'
lawyers in line for 33.3%.
Judge Koeltl said in this
case, perhaps the plaintiffs'
lawyers should devote another
$2000 to the actual
plaintiffs. Counsel said she
had to check.
The case is
Valencia et al v. Doughboys of
3rd Ave, Inc. et al.,
18-cv-11385 (Koeltl)
***
Your
support means a lot. As little as $5 a month
helps keep us going and grants you access to
exclusive bonus material on our Patreon
page. Click
here to become a patron.
Feedback:
Editorial [at] innercitypress.com
SDNY Press Room 480, front cubicle
500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA
Mail: Box 20047, Dag
Hammarskjold Station NY NY 10017
Reporter's mobile (and weekends):
718-716-3540
Other, earlier Inner City Press are
listed here,
and some are available in the ProQuest
service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.
Copyright 2006-2021 Inner City
Press, Inc. To request reprint or other
permission, e-contact Editorial [at]
innercitypress.com
|
,
