Opinion
Case No: 6:15-cv-944-Orl-41DAB
02-25-2016
BENJAMIN BROZMAN, Plaintiff, v. JENNIFERJAMES HAIRCOLORXPERTS, LLC and JENNIFER CLENDENIN, Defendants.
ORDER
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on the parties' Joint Motion for Approval of the Settlement Agreement ("Joint Motion," Doc. 23). United States Magistrate Judge David A. Baker issued a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 24), which recommends that the parties' motion be granted and that the settlement agreement be approved.
Apart from releasing the pending Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") claims, the parties appear to have separately agreed to release a myriad of non-pending claims in consideration for $100.00. The Court expresses no opinion as to the validity of such an agreement. It goes without saying that such a release was not in consideration for the FLSA damages. See Shearer v. Estep Const., Inc., No. 6:14-cv-1658-Orl-41GJK, 2015 WL 2402450, at *3-4 (M.D. Fla. May 20, 2015). --------
After an independent de novo review of the record and noting that no objections were timely filed, this Court agrees with the recommendation.
Therefore, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED as follows:
1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 24) is ADOPTED and CONFIRMED.
2. The Joint Motion for Approval of the Settlement Agreement (Doc. 23) is GRANTED; the parties' agreement is APPROVED; and this case is DISMISSED with prejudice.
3. The Clerk is directed to close this case.
DONE and ORDERED in Orlando, Florida on February 25, 2016.
/s/_________
CARLOS E. MENDOZA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Copies furnished to: Counsel of Record