DORRANCE v. ARS NATIONAL SERVICES, INC., 3:12-2502. (2015)
Court: District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Number: infdco20150512c42
Visitors: 9
Filed: May 11, 2015
Latest Update: May 11, 2015
Summary: ORDER MALACHY E. MANNION , District Judge . Upon consideration of the parties' request for final approval of class action settlement, and after notice and a final fairness hearing, on the terms and for the reasons set forth in the accompanying memorandum, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: (1) The plaintiff class, as defined as follows, is FINALLY CERTIFIED : All natural persons with Pennsylvania addresses who had interest accruing on their accounts and to whom ARS sent one or more letters b
Summary: ORDER MALACHY E. MANNION , District Judge . Upon consideration of the parties' request for final approval of class action settlement, and after notice and a final fairness hearing, on the terms and for the reasons set forth in the accompanying memorandum, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: (1) The plaintiff class, as defined as follows, is FINALLY CERTIFIED : All natural persons with Pennsylvania addresses who had interest accruing on their accounts and to whom ARS sent one or more letters be..
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ORDER
MALACHY E. MANNION, District Judge.
Upon consideration of the parties' request for final approval of class action settlement, and after notice and a final fairness hearing, on the terms and for the reasons set forth in the accompanying memorandum, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
(1) The plaintiff class, as defined as follows, is FINALLY CERTIFIED:
All natural persons with Pennsylvania addresses who had interest accruing on their accounts and to whom ARS sent one or more letters between December 12, 2011 to November 30, 2012.
(2) The Settlement Agreement preliminarily approved by the court on September 26, 2014, and again approved by the court upon the parties' modification on January 6, 2015, is APPROVED as being, fair, reasonable and adequate, and in the best interest of the plaintiff class members, WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS agreed upon at the final fairness hearing:
(a) counsels' fees and costs are REDUCED to a total of $26,000;
(b) the class representative's fees are REDUCED to $1,750; and
(c) the class members' recovery fund is INCREASED to $37,250.
(3) The instant action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
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