Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 29, 2003No. 00 Civ. 5071(HB)PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BAER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs and defendant move, pursuant to Rule 23(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”), to have the proposed class action settlement approved. In addition, various non-parties or unnamed class members have moved to intervene to object to the proposed settlement. Plaintiffs and defendant oppose the intervention. For the following reasons, plaintiffs’ and defendant’s motion to approve the settlement is GRANTED and the motions to intervene are DENIED.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs filed the instant lawsuit on July 11, 2000. In the amended consolidated class…
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