Where a U.S. District Court judge granted a defendant’s request for enforcement of a settlement agreement, the judge did not err in concluding that the parties had entered into a valid and binding agreement to settle the plaintiff’s Fair Labor Standards Act claims.
Affirmed.
“This dispute stems from a disregarded settlement agreement. Plaintiff-Appellant Ann Marie Maccarone brought suit in the Rhode Island Superior Court for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (‘FLSA’), 29 U.S.C. §201 et seq., and of Rhode Island wage and hour laws by her former employer, Defendant-Appellee Siemens Industry, Inc. (‘Siemens’). On June 15, 2020, Siemens removed the case to the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. On December 15, 2023, at the close of discovery, the district court granted in part and denied in part Siemens’ motion for summary judgment, leaving only Maccarone’s FLSA claims for trial, and subsequently scheduled jury selection and empanelment to begin on April 29, 2024.
“On March 6, 2024, the parties and counsel participated in a court annexed settlement conference before a magistrate judge, with Maccarone appearing by Zoom, and reached an oral settlement agreement. The magistrate judge recited the essential terms of the agreement on the record, as captured by the recording of the conference. Those terms included that Siemens would pay Maccarone a sum certain within approximately thirty days after execution of the settlement paperwork;...
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