Woods v. Shiv Hospitality LLC

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Woods v. Shiv Hospitality LLC

Trial Court Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION

RAVEN WOODS PLAINTIFF

No. 4:18-cv-639-DPM

SHIV HOSPITALITY, LLC and FEROZ PATEL DEFENDANTS

ORDER The joint motion to approve the settlement and dismiss, Doc. 23, is granted. The agreement is a fair, reasonable, and adequate compromise of a good faith dispute. Lynn’s Food Stores, Inc. v. United States,

679 F.2d 1350

, 1353-54 (11th Cir. 1982); Melgar v. OK Foods,

902 F.3d 775, 779

(8th Cir. 2018); Barbee v. Big River Steel, LLC,

927 F.3d 1024, 1027

(8th Cir. 2019). Further, the attorney’s fee was negotiated apart from the parties’ settlement, removing any possibility of a conflict of interest between Woods and her lawyers. Melgar,

902 F.3d at 779

; Barbee,

927 F.3d at 1027

n.1. The Court will dismiss the case with prejudice. So Ordered.

D.P. Marshall Jr. United States District Judge 27 Mmch 2020

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