Order Granting Preliminary Approval. “Order Granting Preliminary Approval” shall mean the Order entered by the Court preliminarily approving the terms set forth in this Agreement, including the manner and timing of providing notice to the Classes, the time period for objections and the date, time and location for a Fairness Hearing.
Order Granting Preliminary Approval. “Order Granting Preliminary Approv- al” shall mean and refer to the order entered by the Court conditionally approving the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including among other things, the conditional certification of the proposed class, the manner and timing of providing Notice, the time period for opting out and filing objections, and the date of the Final Fairness Hearing. The Parties will submit to the Court a proposed Order Granting Preliminary Approval in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.
Order Granting Preliminary Approval. “Order Granting Preliminary Approval” refers to the order or statement of decision in the Litigation by the Court granting preliminary approval to this Settlement.
Order Granting Preliminary Approval. 3 On April , 2021, Plaintiff Xxx Xxxxx on behalf of himself and the proposed 4 Settlement Class (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Orange County Transportation 5 Authority, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxx (collectively “OCTA”), and 6 Defendant Cofiroute USA, LLC (“Cofiroute”) (OCTA and Cofiroute are 7 collectively referred to as “Defendants”) entered into a Settlement Agreement and 8 Release (“Agreement”), after two arm’s-length mediations, both with the assistance 9 of mediator Xxxxxx Xxxxxx0 The settlement reached by Plaintiff and Defendants will 10 be referred to as the “Settlement.” 11 Plaintiff now moves this Court, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12 (“Rule”) 23(e), for an order preliminarily approving the Settlement and directing 13 notice of the proposed Settlement be given to the Settlement Class upon the terms 14 and conditions set forth in the Agreement (“Motion”). The Motion was referred to 15 the Special Master, Judge Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx (xxx.) (see Dkt. 582), and a hearing on 16 the Motion occurred on April 23, 2021. Special Master Xxxxxxxx issued a Report and 17 Recommendation recommending granting the Motion for Preliminary Approval of 18 the Settlement.
Order Granting Preliminary Approval. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx (“Plaintiff”), on behalf of himself and a class of similarly situated employees employed at El Guero de Crest Hill, Inc. (“Defendant” or “El Guero de Crest Hill”)(collectively the “Parties”), having reached a settlement in this matter on a class-wide basis, the Court having reviewed the Class Action Settlement Agreement (“Settlement Agreement”), attached hereto as Attachment 1 and a part of this Order, and the record in this Litigation, including the Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of the Parties’ Class Action Settlement Agreement and for Approval of Class Certification, Form and Manner of Class Notice and Scheduling Hearing for Final Approval of Settlement. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
Order Granting Preliminary Approval. The proposed Order Granting Preliminary Approval shall certify, solely for purposes of this settlement, a class pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure of all Class Members. The proposed Order Granting Preliminary Approval shall also include the findings required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a) and (b)(3). Plaintiffs will provide to Defendant the opportunity to review the proposed Order Granting Preliminary Approval prior to filing it. The Parties will work together diligently and in good faith to obtain preliminary and final approval expeditiously. The Preliminary Approval Motion will seek the setting of dates for Rule 23 Class Members to opt-out, objections, and a Fairness Hearing. Defendant will not oppose the Preliminary Approval Motion.
Order Granting Preliminary Approval. The Court has reviewed Plaintiffs’ Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of the Settlement Agreement and Releases entered into between Plaintiffs, individually, and on behalf of the proposed Settlement Class, and Defendants GEICO Indemnity Company, Government Employees Insurance Company, and GEICO General Insurance Company (“Defendants”). Upon careful review, the Court finds as follows:
Order Granting Preliminary Approval. 3 On 2021, Plaintiff Xxxx Xxxxxxxx on behalf of himself and the proposed Settlement 4 Class (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant San Diego Association of Governments (“Defendant” or 5 “SANDAG”) (collectively referred to as the “Parties”) entered into a Settlement Agreement and 6 Release (“Agreement”), after an arms-length mediation, with the assistance of mediator Xxxxxx
