Tayum v. Clay Road Furniture LLC et al

Filing 16

ORDER ON MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS entered: GRANTING 15 Joint motion for approval of settlement agreement. Case terminated on 5/19/17.(Signed by Chief Judge Lee H Rosenthal) Parties notified.(leddins, 4)

United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

ENTERED
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
MANOLO TAYUM, individually and on
behalf of all others similarly situated,
Plaintiff,
v.
CLAY ROAD FURNITURE, LLC and
FURNITURE 4 EVERYONE, LLC,
Defendants.

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May 19, 2017
David J. Bradley, Clerk

CIVIL ACTION NO. H-16-03726

ORDER ON MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS
The parties filed a motion for approval of a settlement agreement between two plaintiffs,
Manolo Tayum and Clemente Chavez, and the defendants, Clay Road Furniture, LLC and Furniture
4 Everyone, LLC. Based on the record, the court finds that the proposed Settlement Agreement is
a fair, reasonable, and adequate resolution of a bona fide dispute over compensation under the Fair
Labor Standards Act. This Agreement compensates Mr. Tayum and Mr. Chavez a fair and adequate
amount, without the delays or uncertainties of continued litigation. The court grants the motion and
approves the Settlement Agreements submitted as Exhibit A & B to the Motion for Approval of
Settlement Agreement. (Docket Entry No. 15). The claims of Mr. Tayum and Mr. Chavez are
dismissed, with prejudice.
No other employee opted in when these parties settled. The two plaintiffs, Mr. Tayum and
Mr. Chavez, settled their claims before notice of the court’s conditional certification issued. Mr.
Tayum and Mr. Chavez have no continuing interest in representing potential opt-in plaintiffs in

pursuing FLSA or other claims. Any remaining claims in this lawsuit by potential opt-in plaintiffs
are dismissed without prejudice.

SIGNED on May 19, 2017, at Houston, Texas.
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Lee H. Rosenthal
Chief United States District Judge

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