Gilstrap v. Sushinati LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION MEGAN GILSTRAP, Plaintiff, Case No. 1:22-cv-434 v. JUDGE DOUGLAS R. COLE SUSHINATI LLC, et al., Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ unopposed motion (Doc. 36) seeking this Court’s approval of the parties’ settlement of Plaintiffs’ Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and corresponding state-law claims. The Court certainly understands why Plaintiffs filed this motion. Many courts over the years have assumed that FLSA settlements— settlements between a defendant employer and a group of…