$1M Resolution Of COBRA Suit Gets Preliminary OK, Minus General Release Payments

( December 6, 2023, 2:01 PM EST) -- TAMPA, Fla. — Ruling that $7,500 general release payments for two named plaintiffs “are disguised incentive awards,” a Florida federal judge on Dec. 5 ordered references to the payments struck but otherwise granted preliminary approval of a $1 million class settlement in a case over Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) notices....