Kater v. Churchill Downs Incorporated

Filing 293

ORDER granting Settlement Administrators' 292 Stipulated Motion to Continue Deadline for Payment. The deadline for payment of Approved Claims is continued to July 11, 2021. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (SR)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 5 6 7 8 CHERYL KATER and SUZIE KELLY, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, 9 Plaintiffs, 10 11 12 13 v. 16 Defendants. MANASA THIMMEGOWDA, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 SETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATORS’ MOTION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE DEADLINE FOR PAYMENT OF APPROVED CLAIMS BY SIXTY (60) DAYS CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED, a Kentucky corporation, and BIG FISH GAMES, INC., a Washington corporation. 14 15 No. 15-cv-00612-RSL No. 19-cv-00199-RSL Plaintiffs, v. BIG FISH GAMES, INC., a Washington corporation; ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES INC., a Nevada corporation; ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LIMITED, an Australian corporation; and CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED, a Kentucky corporation, 24 25 Defendants. 26 27 Administrators’ Motion CASE NOS. 15-CV-612, 19-CV-199, 18-CV-5276, & 18-CV-5277 - i Angeion Group - 215.563.4116 1650 Arch St # 2210 Philadelphia, PA 19103 1 SEAN WILSON, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, No. 18-cv-5277-RSL 2 Plaintiff, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 v. PLAYTIKA LTD, an Israeli limited company, and CAESARS INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Defendants. No. 18-cv-05276-RSL SEAN WILSON, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, 11 12 Plaintiff, v. 13 14 15 HUUUGE, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Administrators’ Motion CASE NOS. 15-CV-612, 19-CV-199, 18-CV-5276, & 18-CV-5277 - ii Angeion Group - 215.563.4116 1650 Arch St # 2210 Philadelphia, PA 19103 MOTION 1 2 The Settlement Agreements in these cases presently require payment of Approved Claims 3 within sixty (60) days of March 13, 2021 (the Effective date). That makes the present deadline for 4 payments May 12, 2021. 5 Under the supervision and direction of Judge Phillips’ staff at Phillips ADR, the Settlement 6 Administrators have worked diligently to process all submitted claims. Unfortunately, due to 7 unanticipated circumstances, the Settlement Administrators do not believe they will be able to 8 meet the May 12, 2021 deadline for payments. Specifically, the magnitude and complexity of the 9 data provided by the Parties and Platforms, unanticipated challenges unifying the data and 10 matching it to filed claims, the implementation of the Initial Claim Determination notification 11 process and the potential time required to resolve any challenges and prepare payments to 12 Approved Claims, taken together, render the May 12 payment deadline unfeasible. 13 Given these unanticipated circumstances, Judge Phillips recommended that the Settlement 14 Administrators seek a sixty (60) day continuance of the deadline for payment of Approved Claims. 15 The Settlement Administrators agree that such a continuance is necessary, and, subject to the actual 16 volume of challenges received and the amount of time required to resolve said challenges, believe 17 that we will be able to complete payments for all Approved Claims by that revised deadline. 18 Consequently, the Settlement Administrators hereby move the Court to enter the attached 19 [Proposed] Order continuing the deadline for payment of Approved Claims to July 11, 2021. 1 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1 27 The Settlement Administrators have conferred with counsel for all parties to this action, and no party opposes the motion. Administrators’ Motion CASE NOS. 15-CV-612, 19-CV-199, 18-CV-5276, & 18-CV-5277 - 1 Angeion Group - 215.563.4116 1650 Arch St # 2210 Philadelphia, PA 19103 1 Dated: April 22, 2021 Respectfully submitted, 2 3 4 5 6 ANGEION GROUP By: Steven R. Platt Angeion Goup, LLC 1650 Arch Street, Suite 2210 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Phone: (904) 699-5099 Email: splatt@angeiongroup.com 7 8 9 10 11 HEFFLER CLAIMS GROUP By: Brian Smitheman Heffler Claims Group 1515 Market Street Suite 1700 Philadelphia, PA 19102 Phone: (215) 430-6048 Email: brian.smitheman@kroll.com 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Administrators’ Motion CASE NOS. 15-CV-612, 19-CV-199, 18-CV-5276, & 18-CV-5277 - 2 Angeion Group - 215.563.4116 1650 Arch St # 2210 Philadelphia, PA 19103 1 ORDER 2 The Settlement Administrator’s unopposed motion is GRANTED. For each of the above- 3 captioned cases, the deadline for payment of Approved Claims is continued to July 11, 2021. 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 6 Dated this 23rd day of April, 2021. 7 ROBERT S. LASNIK UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Administrators’ Motion CASE NOS. 15-CV-612, 19-CV-199, 18-CV-5276, & 18-CV-5277 - 1 Angeion Group - 215.563.4116 1650 Arch St # 2210 Philadelphia, PA 19103

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