Filed: Sep. 30, 2019
Latest Update: Sep. 30, 2019
Summary: ORDER D.P. MARSHALL, JR. , District Judge . The joint motion to approve the settlement, N o 42, is granted. All material things considered, the proposed settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate. Lynn's Food Stores, Inc. v. United States, 679 F.2d 1350 , 1353-54 (11th Cir. 1982); Melgar v. OK Foods, 902 F.3d 775 , 779 (8th Cir. 2018); Barbee v. Big River Steel, LLC, 927 F.3d 1024, 1027 (8th Cir. 2019). It reflects a good-faith compromise of deeply contested overtime compen
Summary: ORDER D.P. MARSHALL, JR. , District Judge . The joint motion to approve the settlement, N o 42, is granted. All material things considered, the proposed settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate. Lynn's Food Stores, Inc. v. United States, 679 F.2d 1350 , 1353-54 (11th Cir. 1982); Melgar v. OK Foods, 902 F.3d 775 , 779 (8th Cir. 2018); Barbee v. Big River Steel, LLC, 927 F.3d 1024, 1027 (8th Cir. 2019). It reflects a good-faith compromise of deeply contested overtime compens..
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ORDER
D.P. MARSHALL, JR., District Judge.
The joint motion to approve the settlement, No 42, is granted. All material things considered, the proposed settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate. Lynn's Food Stores, Inc. v. United States, 679 F.2d 1350, 1353-54 (11th Cir. 1982); Melgar v. OK Foods, 902 F.3d 775, 779 (8th Cir. 2018); Barbee v. Big River Steel, LLC, 927 F.3d 1024, 1027 (8th Cir. 2019). It reflects a good-faith compromise of deeply contested overtime compensation issues. In the circumstances, no conflict exists in the contemporaneous agreement about fees. Melgar, 902 F.3d at 779; Barbee, 927 F.3d at 1027 n.1. It was reached as part of a mediation before Magistrate Judge Harris and reflects a substantial discount of the time counsel say they spent on the case. The complaint will be dismissed with prejudice, with the Court retaining jurisdiction for a month to enforce the settlement.
So Ordered.
