28 U.S.C. § 1713
Section 1713 · Protection against loss by class members
This is § 3 of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Huyer v. Njema (2017)
Most recently applied in Kenneth Njema v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (February 2017)
The court may approve a proposed settlement under which any class member is obligated to pay sums to class counsel that would result in a net loss to the class member only if the court makes a written finding that nonmonetary benefits to the class member substantially outweigh the monetary loss.