Shaw v. Interthinx, Inc. et al

Filing 239

ORDER granting 237 Stipulation Regarding Addition of Quality Control Employees to Class and Collective Action Settlement. The twenty-one (21) Quality Control Employees SHALL BE INCLUDED in the settlement that was preliminary approved in the courts 235 Order Granting Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class and Collective Action Settlement and Certification of Settlement Class filed 11/21/2014. The deadline to submit claim forms SHALL BE EXTENDED up to and including 2/23/2015. By Judge Robert E. Blackburn on 2/10/2015. (alowe)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Judge Robert E. Blackburn
Civil Action No.: 13-cv-01229-REB-BNB
CELESTE SHAW;
JUDITH VERHEECKE;
SHABNAM SHEILA DEHDASHTIAN;
MEDHAT GAREEB; and
DEJAN NAGL on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
INTERTHINX, INC., a California Corporation; and
VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., a Delaware Corporation,
Defendants.

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION REGARDING ADDITION OF QUALITY
CONTROL EMPLOYEES TO CLASS AND COLLECTIVE ACTION SETTLEMENT
Blackburn, J.
The matter before me is the parties' Stipulation Regarding Addition of Quality
Control Employees to Class and Collective Action Settlement [#237],1 filed
February 6, 2015. Having reviewed the stipulation, and being fully advised of the
premises, I find and conclude that the parties’ agreement to include these additional
plaintiffs in the settlement is reasonable and will not negatively impact existing class
members. I further find and conclude that the proposed form and plan of notice as to
these additional plaintiffs is adequate. In addition, I find the parties’ agreement to
extend the deadline to submit claim forms as to certain putative class members to be
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“[#237]” is an example of the convention I use to identify the docket number assigned to a
specific paper by the court’s case management and electronic case filing system (CM/ECF). I use this
convention throughout this order.

reasonable and acceptable. The stipulation thus should be approved.
THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1. That the parties' Stipulation Regarding Addition of Quality Control
Employees to Class and Collective Action Settlement [#237], filed February 6, 2015,
is APPROVED;
2. That the twenty-one (21) Quality Control Employees SHALL BE INCLUDED
in the settlement that was preliminarily approved in the court’s Order Granting
Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class and Collective
Action Settlement and Certification of Settlement Classes [#235], filed November
21, 2014;
3. That the Settlement Administrator SHALL SEND notice to the twenty-one (21)
Quality Control Employees in the form and manner identified in the stipulation;
4. That the twenty-one (21) Quality Control Employees SHALL SUBMIT claim
forms on or before February 23, 2015;
5. That the deadline to submit claim forms SHALL BE EXTENDED up to and
including February 23, 2015, for the approximately fifty-five (55) class members whose
original Notice and Claim Forms did not reflect the correct number of paychecks during
the relevant class period and the approximately twenty-two (22) class members who
were inadvertently excluded from the list of class members and did not receive the
original Notice and Claim Form; and
6. That all other terms of the settlement remain unchanged.

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Dated February 10, 2015, at Denver, Colorado.
BY THE COURT:

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