Robidoux et al v Wacker Family Trust et al

Filing 108

ORDER granting 103 Motion to Approve Minors' Compromises signed by Senior Judge Lawrence K. Karlton on 7/28/2011. Hearing on Plaintiff's Motion currently set for 8/1/2011 is VACATED. (Waggoner, D)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JESSE ROBIDOUX; REGINA
ROBIDOUX; RANDALL
REICHEBERG, JR. and JESSE J.
ROBIDOUX, JR., minors by and
through their GUARDIAN AD
LITEM, REGINA ROBIDOUX; SHAUN
JOHNSON; LORENA LINGENFELTER;
HANNAH BURK and MICHAEL BURK,
minors by and through their
GUARDIAN AD LITEM, LORENA
LINGENFELTER, individuals,

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NO. CIV.S-06-2334 LKK/DAD

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Plaintiffs,
v.

O R D E R

WACKER FAMILY TRUST; WAYNE
WACKER, EILEEN WACKER and
CHRISTINE WACKER, individually
and doing business as VILLA
SERRANO APARTMENTS; BRIAN
ROSENGREN,

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Defendants.
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Currently before the court is plaintiffs’ motion to approve

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minors’ compromises. On May 29, 2009, the court “appprove[d] the

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compromise of the minors’ claims in all respects except” the

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percentage of the total settlement award devoted to attorneys’
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fees. On March 30, 2011, a panel of the Ninth Circuit reversed this

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court’s partial denial of the motion to approve the minors’

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compromise and “remand[ed] with instructions for the district court

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to determine whether the net recovery of the four minor plaintiffs

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under the proposed settlement is fair and reasonable as to each

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minor plaintiff.” The court, however, already determined that the

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proposed settlement is fair and reasonable as to the awards to the

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minor plaintiffs when it approved their settlements in May 2009.

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For the foregoing reasons, the court orders as follows:

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(1)

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Plaintiffs’ motion to approve the minors’ compromises
(Doc. No. 103) is GRANTED.

(2)

Hearing on plaintiffs’ motion to approve the minors’

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compromises,

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VACATED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED:

currently

July 28, 2011.

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set

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August

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