Redman v. Radioshack Corporation

MOTION

N.D. Ill.May 16, 2013

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION SCOTT D.H. REDMAN, individually and on behalf ) of all others similarly situated, ) Plaintiff, ) No. 11 C 6741 ) (consolidated with 11 C 7819) v. ) ) Judge Grady RADIOSHACK CORPORATION, ) a Delaware corporation, ) Magistrate Valdez Defendant. ) __________________________________________) MARIO ALIANO and VICTORIA ) RADAVICIUTE, individually and on behalf of ) all others similarly situated, ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) RADIOSHACK COROPRATION, ) a Delaware corporation, ) Defendant. ) PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Plaintiffs Scott D.H. Redman, Mario Aliano and Victoria Radaviciute, on behalf of themselves and a class of similarly-situated persons, and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(e), move this Court for preliminary approval of a proposed class action settlement. In support of this Motion, Plaintiffs respectfully state as follows: 1. The parties have reached a proposed class settlement of this lawsuit. A copy of the executed Class Action Settlement Agreement and Release is included herewith as Exhibit 1 and expressly incorporated herein by reference. 2. Plaintiffs will submit separately a memorandum of law in support of this Motion. Case: 1:11-cv-06741 Document #: 94 Filed: 05/16/13 Page 1 of 3 PageID #:908 2 WHEREFORE, and for purposes of settlement only, Plaintiffs request that this Court enter the concurrently submitted proposed order: (1) preliminarily approving the terms of the Settlement Agreement; (2) approving the form and manner of notice to the proposed Settlement Class as set forth in the Settlement Agreement and directing that such notice be given; (3) appointing Plaintiffs’ counsel as Settlement Class Counsel; and (4) setting this matter for a Fairness Hearing for consideration of the request for Final Approval of the proposed settlement and for entry of Final Judgment. SCOTT D.H. REDMAN, MARIO ALIANO and Plaintiff, VICTORIA RADAVICIUTE, Plaintiffs, By: /s Paul F. Markoff By: s/ Adam M. Tamburelli Paul F. Markoff Thomas A. Zimmerman, Jr. Karl G. Leinberger Adam M. Tamburelli Markoff Leinberger LLC Zimmerman Law Offices, P.C. 134 N LaSalle St Ste 1050 77 W Washington St Ste 1220 Chicago IL 60602 Chicago IL 60602 Tel: 312.726.4162 Tel: 312.440.0020 Fax: 312.674.7272 Fax: 312.440.4180 paul@markleinlaw.com adam@attorneyzim.com Case: 1:11-cv-06741 Document #: 94 Filed: 05/16/13 Page 2 of 3 PageID #:909 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that I served a copy of this Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement Agreement on the following electronically by using the CM/ECF system on this 16th day of May, 2013: James R. Daly (jrdaly@jonesday.com) Irene S. Fiorentinos (ifiorentinos@jonesday.com) Elizabeth H. Jenkins (ehjenkins@jonesday.com) Jones Day 77 W Wacker Dr Ste 3500 Chicago IL 60601 Thomas A. Zimmerman (tom@attorneyzim.com) Adam M. Tamburelli (adam@attorneyzim.com) Zimmerman Law Offices, P.C. 77 W Washington St Ste 1220 Chicago IL 60602 s/ Paul F. Markoff Paul F. Markoff Case: 1:11-cv-06741 Document #: 94 Filed: 05/16/13 Page 3 of 3 PageID #:910