Filed: Feb. 16, 2017
Latest Update: Feb. 16, 2017
Summary: JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING CLASS ACTION NOTICE PLAN AND ORDER MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr. , District Judge . Plaintiff Yesenia Melgar, on behalf of herself and the certified class ("Plaintiff"), and Defendants Zicam LLC and Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (collectively "Defendants"), by and through their respective attorneys, hereby submit an agreed plan to notify class members of the pendency of this action. The procedures described below include individual notice, publication notice, and the esta
Summary: JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING CLASS ACTION NOTICE PLAN AND ORDER MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr. , District Judge . Plaintiff Yesenia Melgar, on behalf of herself and the certified class ("Plaintiff"), and Defendants Zicam LLC and Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (collectively "Defendants"), by and through their respective attorneys, hereby submit an agreed plan to notify class members of the pendency of this action. The procedures described below include individual notice, publication notice, and the estab..
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JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING CLASS ACTION NOTICE PLAN AND ORDER
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., District Judge.
Plaintiff Yesenia Melgar, on behalf of herself and the certified class ("Plaintiff"), and Defendants Zicam LLC and Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (collectively "Defendants"), by and through their respective attorneys, hereby submit an agreed plan to notify class members of the pendency of this action. The procedures described below include individual notice, publication notice, and the establishment of a class action website.
A. Direct Notice
Plaintiff shall cause a notice of the pendency of this class action to be sent directly via electronic mail ("e-mail") or U.S. mail to all persons reasonably believed to be part of the class and for whom Defendants already have contact information in their possession; i.e., persons who have voluntarily provided e-mail addresses to Defendants (either via call center and/or subscriber lists) and who are believed to reside in one of the ten jurisdictions at issue. Defendants have identified approximately 3,330 individuals to date who will be covered by this method of notice.
A copy of the Notice is attached as Exhibit A. Plaintiff shall use best efforts to commence with dissemination of the Notice via electronic communication within twenty-one (21) days after approval of this Agreed Plan by the Court. Class members will have six weeks from the date the e-mail notice is sent to request exclusion from the class.
B. Publication Notice
Plaintiff will supplement the direct notice by providing a published summary notice of the pendency of this class action in newspapers of general circulation throughout the ten jurisdictions at issue. Based on a review of print circulation figures, the Parties have preliminarily identified newspapers that are reasonably calculated to apprise interested persons of the pendency of the action and afford them an opportunity to opt-out. The following newspapers have wide circulation in the most populated counties in each state:
California: Los Angeles Times; San Francisco Chronicle.
Delaware: Wilmington News Journal.
D.C.: The Washington Post.
Kansas: The Wichita Eagle.
Missouri: St. Louis Post-Dispatch; The Kansas City Star.
New Jersey: Newark Star-Ledger.
Ohio: The Plain Dealer.
Utah: The Salt Lake Tribune.
Virginia: The Virginian-Pilot.
West Virginia: The Charleston Gazette-Mail.
A copy of the Summary Notice is attached as Exhibit B. Plaintiff shall use best efforts to distribute the Summary Notice within thirty (30) days after approval of this Agreed Plan by the Court. Class members will have six weeks from the last date of publication to request exclusion from the class.
C. Class Action Website
Plaintiff will also set up a class action website so that members who receive a summary notice can be directed to the website to read more information. This class action website will include the information circulated via direct notice.
A copy of the Notice is attached as Exhibit A. Plaintiff shall use best efforts to set up this class website with the posted Notice within fourteen (14) days after approval of this Agreed Plan by the Court.
The Parties respectfully submit that this proposal for dissemination of notice is the best notice practicable under the circumstances and that it meets the requirements of due process and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
ORDER
IT IS SO ORDERED.