Opinion
23-cv-00292-GTS-TWD
01-10-2024
NATHAN MEHAFFY, Plaintiff, v. KNOWLTON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, et al., Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS AND COLLECTIVE ACTION SETTLEMENT AND DISMISSING CASE WITH PREJUDICE
Glenn T. Suddaby U.S. District Judge
This matter is before the Honorable Glenn T. Suddaby, on Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Final Approval of Settlement and dismissal with prejudice. After considering the Motion and the filings in support thereof, the Court hereby ORDERS as follows:
1. The Motion is GRANTED in all respects;
2. The findings and conclusions contained in the Court's Order Granting Preliminary Approval of Settlement entered October 5, 2023 [ECF 23] are incorporated herein by reference and made final.
3. The Parties Settlement Agreement, all associated Plaintiff releases, and all associated payments to Plaintiffs are fair and reasonable and in all respects approved;
4. The Court approves the establishment of a 26 C.F.R. § 1.468B-1 Qualified Settlement Fund;
5. The Final Approval Hearing currently scheduled in this matter on January 16, 2024 is vacated, as the Motion is unopposed, and there have been no objections or requests for exclusion filed with the Court.
6. Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, this action, all of the claims asserted herein, and all of the claims articulated in and included in the Release section of the Settlement Agreement are hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE, with all parties to pay their own costs except as otherwise provided for in the Settlement Agreement.
IT IS SO ORDERED