Stickel v. SMP Services, LLC et al

Filing 28

ORDER (memorandum filed previously as separate docket entry) - IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. Pltfs motn for approval of the Settlement Agreement & General Release, (Doc. No. 26), is GRANTED IN PART. 2. Within sixty (60) days from the entry of this Or der, Deft shall show cause why the Court should not: a. Award Pltfs Cnsel $16,773.75 in reasonable attys fees and $588.36 in costs; and b. Dismiss the above-captioned case with prejudice in light of the Settlement Agreement and General Release, (Doc. Nos. 26; 26-1). 17 Signed by Honorable Yvette Kane on 3/1/16. SEE ORDER. (sc)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
CHARLES STICKEL,
Plaintiff
v.
SMP SERVICES, LLC., et al.,
Defendants

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No. 1:15-cv-00252
(Judge Kane)

ORDER
AND NOW, on this 1st day of March 2016, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1.

Plaintiff’s motion for approval of the Settlement Agreement and General
Release, (Doc. No. 26), is GRANTED IN PART as follows:
a. The confidentiality provision in Paragraph 7, (Doc. No. 26-1 ¶
7), is not approved as fair and reasonable;
b. The attorneys’ fees provision in Paragraph 1(b), (Doc. No. 261¶ 1(b)), is not approved as fair and reasonable; and
c. In all other respects, the Settlement Agreement and General
Release is approved as fair and reasonable.

2.

Within sixty (60) days from the entry of this Order, Defendant shall show
cause why the Court should not:
a. Award Plaintiff’s Counsel $16,773.75 in reasonable attorneys’
fees and $588.36 in costs; and
b. Dismiss the above-captioned case with prejudice in light of the
Settlement Agreement and General Release, (Doc. Nos. 26; 261), to the extent it was deemed fair and reasonable.

S/ Yvette Kane
Yvette Kane, District Judge
United States District Court
Middle District of Pennsylvania