Mylinda Criddell v. Premier Healthcare Services, LLC, No. 2:2016cv05842 - Document 64 (C.D. Cal. 2018)
Court Description: FINAL JUDGMENT by Judge Manuel L. Real: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED AS FOLLOWS: The Court grants Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to Grant Final Approval and Enter Judgment on Behalf of the Fair Credit Reporting Act Class and to Award Attorneys' Fees and Costs to Class Counsel 59 . The Court enters final judgment in favor of Plaintiff Mylinda Criddell and the Fair Credit Reporting Act class members and against Defendant Premier Healthcare Services, LLC in the amount of 6;247,854.00. The Court has reviewed the arbitration award of attorneys' fees and costs issued 10/27/2017 by Hon. Rosalyn Chapman (Ret.) of JAMS and adopts and enters the award as part of this Final Judgment. As such, the Court orders and adjudg es that Defendant Premier Healthcare Services, LLC shall pay Class Counsel (Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP and Weinhaus & Potashnick) attorneys' fees in the amount of $306,158.00 and litigation costs and expenses in the amount of $26,625.90. The Court dismisses this matter with prejudice. See document for further details. (gk)
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Mylinda Criddell v. Premier Healthcare Services, LLC Doc. 64 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 10 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 11 12 12 MYLINDA CRIDDELL, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Case No. 2:16-cv-05842-R-KS Hon. Manuel L. Real 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT vs. PREMIER HEALTHCARE SERVICES, LLC, 17 17 18 18 Defendant. 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 27 28 28 1 FINAL JUDGMENT Dockets.Justia.com 1 On August 7, 2017 (Doc. 58), this Court preliminarily approved the proposed 2 Fair Credit Reporting Act class action judgment in this matter, approved the proposed 3 form of Class Notice, and ordered that Class Notice be issued. On December 4, 2017, 4 the Court granted final approval to the Fair Credit Reporting Act class action judgment 5 (Doc. 62). 6 Following the dissemination of the Class Notice, Class Members were given an 7 opportunity to request exclusion from the Fair Credit Reporting Act class action 8 judgment, and/or comment or object to the Fair Credit Reporting Act class action 9 judgment. No class member filed a written objection to the Fair Credit Reporting Act 10 class action judgment, and only three Class Members opted-out of the Fair Credit 11 Reporting Act class action judgment. 12 A final fairness hearing was held on December 4, 2017, at which time all 13 interested persons were given a full opportunity to state any objections to the Fair 14 Credit Reporting Act class action judgment. Having read and fully considered the 15 terms of the Fair Credit Reporting Act class action judgment, and all submissions made 16 in connection with it, the Court finds that the Fair Credit Reporting Act class action 17 judgment should be finally approved, as the strength of plaintiffs’ case, the risk, 18 expense, complexity, and likely duration of further litigation, the risk of maintaining 19 class action status throughout the trial, the amount offered in settlement, the extent of 20 discovery completed, the stage of the proceedings, the experience and views of counsel, 21 and the reaction of the Class Members to the proposed Fair Credit Reporting Act class 22 action judgment all weigh in favor of approval. 23 Upon consideration of Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion to Grant Final Approval and 24 Enter Judgment on Behalf of the Fair Credit Reporting Act Class and to Award 25 Attorneys’ Fees and Costs to Class Counsel (Doc. 59), and the arguments, pleadings, 26 27 28 2 FINAL JUDGMENT 1 and evidence presented, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND 2 DECREED AS FOLLOWS: 3 1. The Court grants Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion to Grant Final Approval 4 and Enter Judgment on Behalf of the Fair Credit Reporting Act Class and to Award 5 Attorneys’ Fees and Costs to Class Counsel (Doc. 59); 6 2. The Court approves the terms of the Fair Credit Reporting Act class action 7 judgment as fair, just, equitable, reasonable, adequate and in the best interests of the 8 Class Members, and directs consummation of all its terms and provisions; 9 3. The Fair Credit Reporting Act class action judgment shall be binding on 10 Defendant Premier Healthcare Services, LLC, Plaintiff Mylinda Criddell, and all Class 11 Members who have not opted-out; 12 4. The Court enters final judgment in favor of Plaintiff Mylinda Criddell and 13 the Fair Credit Reporting Act class members and against Defendant Premier Healthcare 14 Services, LLC in the amount of $247,854.00; 15 5. The Court has reviewed the arbitration award of attorneys’ fees and costs 16 issued October 27, 2017 by Hon. Rosalyn Chapman (Ret.) of JAMS and adopts and 17 enters the award as part of this Final Judgment; 18 6. As such, the Court orders and adjudges that Defendant Premier Healthcare 19 Services, LLC shall pay Class Counsel (Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP and Weinhaus & 20 Potashnick) attorneys’ fees in the amount of $306,158.00 and litigation costs and 21 expenses in the amount of $26,625.90; 22 7. The Court orders that within thirty (30) days of the date of entry of this 23 Final Judgment, Defendant Premier Healthcare Services, LLC shall transfer the Fair 24 Credit Reporting Act judgment funds to third party claims administrator Dahl 25 Administration. Dahl Administration shall issue the funds to class members within 26 thirty (30) days of receipt of the judgment funds; 27 28 3 FINAL JUDGMENT 1 8. The Court orders that within thirty (30) days of the date of entry of this 2 Final Judgment, Defendant Premier Healthcare Services, LLC shall transfer the sums 3 awarded to Class Counsel as attorneys’ fees and costs to Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP for 4 distribution between the Class Counsel firms; 5 9. The Court dismisses this matter with prejudice; and 6 10. This document shall constitute a final judgment for purposes of Rule 58 7 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. IT IS SO ORDERED AND ADJUDGED. 9 10 DATED: January 16, 2018 11 12 13 Honorable Manuel L. Real United States District Judge 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 FINAL JUDGMENT
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