LoFrisco v. Gulf Coast Health Care

Filing 27

ORDER adopting 26 Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. The Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge is adopted, confirmed, and approved in all respects and is made a part of this Order for all purposes, including appellate review. Plaintiff's Second Motion For Entry Of Default Judgment 19 is GRANTED. Judgment will be entered in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant in the amount of $65,520 in damages, plus interest at the statutory prevailing rate, plu s $2,207.50 in attorney's fees and costs, for a total of $67,727.50. The Clerk is directed to terminate all pending motions and deadlines, enter judgment accordingly, and close this file. Signed by Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell on 9/15/2014. (BGS)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
BARBARA M. LOFRISCO,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 8:13-cv-3159-T-36MAP

GULF COAST HEALTH CARE,
Defendant.
/
ORDER
This cause comes before the Court upon the Report and Recommendation filed by
Magistrate Judge Mark A. Pizzo on August 20, 2014 (Doc. 26). In the Report and
Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Pizzo recommends that the Court grant Plaintiff’s Second
Motion For Entry Of Default Judgment (Doc. 19) and enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff and
against Defendant in the amount of $65,520 in damages plus interest at the statutory prevailing
rate, plus $2,207.50 in attorney’s fees and costs, for a total of $67,727.50. All parties were afforded
the opportunity to file objections to the Report and Recommendation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
636(b)(1). No such objections were filed.
Upon consideration of the Report and Recommendation, and upon this Court's independent
examination of the file, it is determined that the Report and Recommendation should be adopted.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:
(1)

The Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (Doc. 26) is adopted,
confirmed, and approved in all respects and is made a part of this Order for all
purposes, including appellate review.

(2)

Plaintiff’s Second Motion For Entry Of Default Judgment (Doc. 19) is
GRANTED.

(3)

Judgment will be entered in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant in the
amount of $65,520 in damages, plus interest at the statutory prevailing rate, plus
$2,207.50 in attorney’s fees and costs, for a total of $67,727.50.

(4)

The Clerk is directed to terminate all pending motions and deadlines, enter
judgment accordingly, and close this file.

DONE AND ORDERED at Tampa, Florida on September 15, 2014.

Copies to:
The Honorable Mark A. Pizzo
Counsel of Record

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