AVENA v. FORD MOTOR CO.


85 A.D.2d 149 (1982)

Anthony Avena et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Respondents, v. Ford Motor Company, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

February 25, 1982


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Peter Coll, Jr., of counsel (Charles W. Gerdts, III and Mio P. Sylvester with him on the brief; Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, attorneys), for appellant.

Jonathan M. Plasse of counsel (Robert S. Schachter with him on the brief; Kass, Goodkind, Wechsler & Labaton, attorneys), for respondents.

SULLIVAN, J. P., CARRO and BLOOM, JJ., concur with SILVERMAN, J.; ROSS, J., concurs in the result only.


SILVERMAN, J.

These are appeals from orders of Special Term of the Supreme Court denying court approval of a proposed compromise (107 Misc.2d 444) and discontinuance of a purported class action suit by settlement of the individual claims of the named plaintiffs and discontinuance of the class action aspects of the case without prejudice to the claims of other members of...

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