Curry v. Hansen Medical, Inc. et al

Filing 181

ORDER by Judge Claudia Wilken Re 178 Authorizing the Distribution of the Net Settlement Fund. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/19/2014)

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1 LIONEL Z. GLANCY (#134180) PETER A. BINKOW (#173848) 2 EX KANO S. SAMS, II (#192936) JOSHUA L. CROWELL (#295411) 3 GLANCY BINKOW & GOLDBERG LLP 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100 4 Los Angeles, California 90067 Telephone: (310) 201-9150 5 Facsimile: (310) 201-9160 Email: info@glancylaw.com 6 Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 7 [Additional Counsel on Signature Page] 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION 10 11 ROBERT CURRY, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 HANSEN MEDICAL, INC., FREDERIC 15 H. MOLL, STEVEN M. VAN DICK, GARY C. RESTANI, and CHRISTOPHER 16 SELLS, 17 Case No. 4:09-cv-05094-CW CLASS ACTION [PROPOSED] ORDER AUTHORIZING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NET SETTLEMENT FUND Defendants. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 26987.1 [Proposed] Order Authorizing Distribution of Net Settlement Fund Case No. 4:09-cv-05094-CW 1 WHEREAS: 2 1. In the above-captioned litigation, the Claims Administrator has completed the 3 administration of the Settlement Fund, including processing all submitted Proofs of Claim, and is now 4 prepared, with the approval of the Court, to distribute the proceeds of the Settlement; 5 2. On December 5, 2013, the Court entered a Final Order (Dkt. No. 175), which, inter 6 alia, approved the Plan of Allocation of Settlement proceeds and retained jurisdiction over the 7 litigation for all matters relating to the consummation of the Settlement; 8 3. As set forth in the Order Preliminarily Approving Settlement and Providing for Notice 9 of Proposed Settlement (Dkt. No. 162) and the Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Class 10 Action, Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses, and Settlement Fairness Hearing (Dkt No. 158-1) 11 disseminated to potential Class Members, the deadline for Class Members to submit claims to 12 participate in a distribution from the Net Settlement Fund was October 25, 2013; 13 4. As reflected in the Declaration of Jennifer M. Keough in Support of Lead Plaintiff’s 14 Motion for Distribution of Class Settlement Fund (“Keough Declaration”), the Claims Administrator 15 has completed the process of reviewing all submitted claims and has made a recommendation as to the 16 eligibility of each submitted claim; 17 5. Lead Plaintiffs and the Claims Administrator now seek authorization to distribute the 18 Net Settlement Fund to Authorized Claimants; and 19 6. After reviewing the Motion for an Order Authorizing Distribution of the Net 20 Settlement Fund, the Keough Declaration, and all other exhibits and papers submitted in support 21 thereof, the Court has determined that good cause exists for the relief requested. 22 THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows: 23 1. All timely filed claims that the Claims Administrator has determined to be eligible, 24 listed in Exhibit B-1 of the Keough Declaration, are approved for payment from the Net Settlement 25 Fund; 26 2. All late claims submitted after the October 25, 2013, deadline for filing claims and 27 before April 22, 2014, but otherwise determined to be eligible by the Claims Administrator, listed in 28 Exhibit B-2 of the Keough Declaration, are also approved for payment from the Net Settlement Fund; [Proposed] Order Authorizing Distribution of Net Settlement Fund Case No. 4:09-cv-05094-CW 1 1 3. All claims that the Claims Administrator has determined to be ineligible or 2 unacceptable, listed in Exhibit B-3 of the Keough Declaration, are disallowed and shall not be paid; 3 4. No claim received on or after April 22, 2014, may be accepted for any reason 4 whatsoever, and no further adjustments to claims may be made for any reason after April 22, 2014; 5 5. The amount of $84,772.62 shall be reserved from the Settlement Fund to pay the Claim 6 Administrator’s anticipated future fees and expenses through the end of the initial distribution, as 7 reflected in Exhibit C of the Keough Declaration; 8 6. The entire balance of the Net Settlement Fund, after deducting the payments previously 9 allowed and requested herein, and after the payment of any estimated taxes and the costs of preparing 10 appropriate tax returns and any escrow fees, shall be distributed to the Authorized Claimants listed in 11 Exhibits B-1 and B-2 of the Keough Declaration based on each Authorized Claimant’s Recognized 12 Loss in comparison to the total Recognized Losses of all Authorized Claimants; 13 7. All distribution checks issued to Authorized Claimants shall bear the notation: “CASH 14 PROMPTLY, VOID AND SUBJECT TO RE-DISTRIBUTION IF NOT CASHED WITHIN 90 15 DAYS AFTER ISSUE DATE”; 16 8. If economically feasible, any funds remaining in the Net Settlement Fund after the 17 initial distribution shall be allocated in a second distribution, first to pay any remaining costs of claims 18 administration and then to pay Authorized Claimants who have cashed their payments from the initial 19 distribution; but if a second distribution is not economically feasible, the balance of the Net Settlement 20 Fund shall escheat to the United States Treasury; 21 9. Any further claims against the Net Settlement Fund beyond the amount allocated to 22 Authorized Claimants are barred, and all persons involved in the review, verification, calculation, 23 tabulation, or any other aspect of the processing of the claims submitted herein, or otherwise involved 24 in the administration of the Settlement Fund or the Net Settlement Fund, are released from any claims 25 arising out of their involvement; and 26 10. The Claims Administrator shall destroy claim forms and records in paper form one year 27 after the final distribution and destroy claim forms and records in electronic form three years after the 28 final distribution. [Proposed] Order Authorizing Distribution of Net Settlement Fund Case No. 4:09-cv-05094-CW 2 1 SO ORDERED. 2 8/19/2014 3 DATED: ____________________ 4 5 6 Hon. Claudia Wilken Chief United States District Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 [Proposed] Order Authorizing Distribution of Net Settlement Fund Case No. 4:09-cv-05094-CW 3

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