THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT. After extensive negotiations, the parties have agreed to settle the case. Under the proposed Settlement, a Common Fund to fund the Class Settlement, including all costs, attorneys’ fees or other payments, including but not limited to the costs of notice and administration, attorneys’ fees, litigation expenses and costs, and class representative compensation (the “Common Fund”) will be created by the Defendants in the amount of $ 12,550,000.00. This fund will be used to compensate class member for damages sustained as a result of the Water Main Break. If the Proposed Settlement is ultimately approved by the Court, it will provide cash payments and other relief to the Settlement Class. In return for the relief described below, the Settlement Class Members release their rights to pursue any claims against Defendants and related entities concerning or relating to the allegations raised in this Action. To receive a cash payment, Settlement Class Members must complete, sign, and submit a Claim Form ON OR BEFORE , 20 (the “Claim Period”). To obtain a Settlement Check, Settlement Class Members shall be required to timely (within the Claim Period) submit a Claim Form demonstrating by responses to questions concerning their qualification for a Settlement Check and signed under oath. The amount of the Settlement Check which shall be issued to qualifying Settlement Class Members who timely submit properly completed Claim Forms (“Participating Class Members”). Any claim in excess of $500 per Class member shall require back-up documentation as set forth on the claim form. A Copy of the Claim Form and Instructions is attached o this Notice as Exhibit . You may visit xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx to file your claim online or obtain a claim form by calling 0-(000) XXX-XXXX. You can also obtain a Claim Form by letter request, enclosing a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the Water Main Break Settlement Administrator, P.O. Box . In addition to the Common Fun payment above, FPL also agrees to implement the following reasonable efforts to utilize the following preventative measures to avoid conflicts with existing underground facilities:
a. Require all contractors to call-in Sunshine 811 tickets to have facilities located within boundaries of construction area where underground work is being performed.
b. Request that contractors utilize ground penetrating radar (GPR) where necessary.
c. Request that contractors verify the location of all marked utilities using pothole/so...
THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT. Without admitting any wrongdoing and to avoid litigating these claims, Defendants in the Action have agreed to pay $750,000.00 (“Settlement Fund”), which includes: (a) up to $187,000.00 for Plaintiff’s counsel for attorneys’ fees and costs;
THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT. If the Court gives final approval to the settlement, Safe Streets will create a Settlement Fund of $1,500,000.00 which will be used to pay the Claims of Settlement Class Members, Settlement Class Counsel’s Fees, Costs, and Expenses Award (see Section 11 below), Plaintiffs’ Service Payments (see Section 12 below), and compensation for the Settlement Administrator for Administration Costs (see Section 13 below). If you are a Settlement Class Member, you are eligible to receive a pro rata share of the Settlement Fund, after the deduction of Settlement Class Counsel’s Fees, Costs, and Expenses Award, Plaintiffs’ Service Payments, and Administration Costs, by submitting a timely and valid Claim Form. The value of a Settlement Class Member’s individual award will depend upon the number of Authorized Claimants.
THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT. Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, the Settlement Parties have agreed that the Settlement Agreement shall become effective on the second Business Day following satisfaction of each of the following conditions: (i) each of the Settlement Parties shall have executed and delivered signed copies of the Settlement Agreement; (ii) the Dynegy Entity Joinder shall have been executed by each of the parties thereto; and (iii) the order approving the Settlement Agreement (such order, the proposed form of which is attached as Annex D to the Settlement Agreement and separately as Exhibit C to this Motion, the
THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT. American Freight has agreed to provide each Class Member who timely submits a valid Claim Form by the Response Deadline, one (1) Voucher which may be applied for up to $25.00 toward any purchase at any American Freight brick-and-mortar location or on xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx. American Freight has further agreed to provide to each Class Member who receives Direct Notice and who does not submit a Claim Form by the Response Deadline one (1) Direct Benefit Voucher which may be applied for up to $25.00 toward any purchase at American Xxxxxxx.xxx. Both Vouchers and Direct Benefit Vouchers will apply to the purchase prices that American Freight offers to the general public, and only one may be used in any single transaction. Vouchers and Direct Benefit Vouchers may be combined with other discounts, will expire after one (1) year, will not be replaced if lost or stolen, and will have no residual value if the amount redeemed is less than $25.00.
THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT. Your attorneys and Tyson participated in extended settlement negotiations. As a result, the parties have reached a settlement of the claims. The settlement agreement was signed by attorneys for the Plaintiffs and by Tyson on October 31, 2012, and was approved by Judge Jarvey on November , 2012. The total amount of money to be paid to eligible class members participating in the settlement will be $270,977.12. You will receive a proportional share depending on how long you worked at Tyson’s Council Bluffs facility during the relevant time period and which types of jobs you worked, and also whether you worked over 40 hours in a week. The final settlement payments also will depend on how many members of the class respond to this notice. The settlement agreement separately provides for a $5,000 payment to the named Plaintiff, America Maxwell, up to $25,000 to be paid to the Settlement Administrator for its fees and costs, the reimbursement of Plaintiffs’ Counsel’s actual out-of-pocket costs expended on this litigation, which are currently estimated to be approximately $340,000, and approximately $309,000 in compensation to Plaintiffs’ attorneys for their attorneys’ fees. YOU MUST RETURN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS TO RECEIVE A PAYMENT FROM THIS SETTLEMENT All Class Members: You must return the enclosed Claim Form to receive a payment from this settlement. Please fill out the form completely and accurately. Please provide your current address. Mail the completed Claim Form back to the Settlement Administrator in the enclosed, postage pre-paid envelope. If your Claim Form is not postmarked by [60 days after mailing], you will not receive a payment but your claims will still be released.
THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT. On January 29, 2021, Plaintiffs filed a Class Action Complaint (ECF No. 1) against PCNA in the Northern District of Georgia under Case No. 1:21-CV-471- MHC. Plaintiffs’ Complaint alleged claims for trespass to personalty, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C.§ 1030), negligence, and unjust enrichment. Plaintiffs allege that the Porsche Communication Management (“PCM”) unit in certain Porsche vehicles entered into a continuous reboot loop. Plaintiffs asserted their claims on behalf of a putative nationwide class of entities and individuals who owned or leased a Porsche vehicle equipped with an XM radio antenna and PCM system that received an alleged “update” to their PCM on or about May 21, 2020.
THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT. Without admitting any fault or liability, and in exchange for a release of all claims against them, if the Settlement Agreement is finally approved, Defendants have agreed to fund a $1.5
THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT. What are the Settlement benefits?
THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT. The full documents related to the proposed settlement are viewable on the Union website including this newsletter. Go to xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx and then “Bargaining” on the home page. You are urged to read the full text before voting. The key points of the proposed settlement are; Retirement Clause 26.21 (new Clause 26.23) - The clause to read as follows “Employees who retire at the age of eligibility for the guaranteed retirement income (GRI) or who retire earlier than the GRI eligibility age with the consent of the employer shall be entitled to paid retiring leave on the following scale:” Loading Welded Rail at Hutt - A new allowance will be paid for loading welded rail at Hutt Workshops. Allowance shall be $2.50 per hour. Insert into the Infrastructure Schedule of the MECA – page 56: “Due to the unusual nature of the work involved in loading and/or unloading rail at the Woburn Rail Weld Facility, employees operating the overhead cranes at this worksite will be paid an allowance of $2.50 per hour while undertaking this activity, effective from date of ratification”. Any such work carried out between 1 July 2020 and the date of ratification will be compensated by a lump sum on production of such shifts worked. All other Infrastructure employees will attract the Night Work Allowance as outlined in Clause 7 of the I&AM Schedule of the MECA, as per current practice, when they work night shifts. Payment for Night Work is the same as applied under the Flexible Work conditions, so remuneration and leave entitlements remain the same. For clarity, every reference in the I&AM Schedule Former ONTRACK will be renamed Pay Scale 3 and every reference to Former OIL will be renamed Pay Scale 2. “Former Mechanical Service” in Clause 1 will be deleted.
