Toves v. Mercy-GoHealth Urgent Care, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
ANNA TOVES, 	)
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Plaintiff, 	)
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vs. 	) 	Case No. 4:25-cv-00785-MTS
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MERCY-GOHEALTH URGENT 	)
CARE, LLC, 	)
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Defendant. 	)
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on the Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement.
Doc. [11]. 	Though it is unsettled whether federal law requires judicial approval of all
settlements under the Fair Labor Standards Act, see Barbee v. Big River Steel, LLC, 927
F.3d 1024, 1026–27 (8th Cir. 2019); Huff v. Canterbury Park Holding Corp., No. 23-
3151, 2024 WL 1714257, at *1 (8th Cir. Apr. 22, 2024) (unpublished per curiam), the
Court will review the settlement at the parties’ request so as to not leave them in an
“uncertain position,” see, e.g., Tanner v. Empire Financing, Co., 4:19-cv-0825-SEP,
2020 WL 7316115, at *1 (E.D. Mo. Dec. 11, 2020); Van Winkle v. Mick Keane’s Express
Delivery Serv., Inc., 4:21-cv-1213-NCC, 2022 WL 1122721, at *1 (E.D. Mo. Apr. 14,
2022); Smith v. Huggins Metal Finishing, Inc., 4:23-cv-0821-MTS, 2024 WL 5046223, at
*1 (E.D. Mo. Dec. 9, 2024).
After examining the settlement agreement and the parties’ filings, the Court
concludes that the litigation involves a bona fide dispute and the settlement the parties
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propose is fair and equitable to each side. 	See Tanner, 2020 WL 7316115 at *1–2; see
also Williams v. BPV Mkt. Place Invs., LLC, 4:14-cv-1047-CAS, 2014 WL 5017934, at
*2 (E.D. Mo. Oct. 7, 2014). 	Thus, the Court will approve the parties’ joint proposed
settlement.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement
Agreement, Doc. [11], is GRANTED.
The 	parties 	shall 	file 	appropriate 	dismissal 	papers 	no 	later 	than 	Thursday,
October 30, 2025. 	Failure to timely do so will result in the dismissal of this action
without further notice.
Dated this 27th day of October 2025.
MATTHEW T. SCHELP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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