United States Ninth Circuit

In an appeal involving the scope of review for a district court judgment on a proposed settlement, judgment by district court is reversed because although the court has a special duty to safeguard the interests of minor plaintiffs, that duty requires only that the district court determine whether the net amount distributed to each minor plaintiff in a proposed settlement is fair and reasonable, without regard to the proportion of the total settlement value.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/30/2011
• Published 03/30/2011

Judges

• BEA

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stuart E. Fagan