Web-server lawsuit settles for $1.67M

from Maryland Daily record:

>>A federal judge in Baltimore has granted final approval to a $1.67 million class-action settlement between a Web-hosting company and more than 5,500 of its clients who experienced long service interruptions as a result of a botched server migration.

The plaintiffs — business and personal Web site owners and larger resellers of server space from all over the world — will receive four times their monthly bills from Andover, Mass.-based NaviSite Inc., whose purchase of Baltimore-based Alabanza Corp. led to the costly snafu.

The checks, which will go out within a month, range from $10 to more than $10,000, according to the lead lawyer for the class, Stuart A. Davidson.

Davidson’s firm, Boca Raton, Fla.-based Coughlin, Stoia, Geller, Rudman & Robbins LLP, will receive $495,000 separate and apart from the settlement fund.