UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

BARBARA FORMAN, Individually and On Behalf of 

All Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE, INC., JOHN A. 

KRAEUTLER, and MELISSA A. LUEKE

Defendants.

Case No. 1:17-cv-00774-SJD

CLASS ACTION

LEAD PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR 

FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS 

ACTION SETTLEMENT, CLASS 

CERTIFICATION AND PLAN OF 

ALLOCATION

Judge: Hon. Susan J. Dlott

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Court-appointed Lead Plaintiff Barbara Forman 

(“Plaintiff”), on behalf of herself and all other members of the proposed settlement class, through 

Court-approved Lead Counsel Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, hereby moves this Court for an order, 

pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 23(a), (b)(3), and (e): (a) granting final approval of 

the Settlement in the above-captioned action on the terms set forth in the Stipulation, (b) certifying 

the Settlement Class, and (c) approving the proposed Plan of Allocation for distribution of the 

Settlement Fund. This motion is based on the Declaration of Sebastiano Tornatore in Support of 

(I) Plaintiff’s Motion for Final Approval of Settlement, Class Certification and Approval of Plan 

of Allocation, and (II) Counsel’s Motion for an Award of Attorneys’ Fees and Reimbursement of 

Litigation Expenses; the exhibits thereto; all pleadings and papers filed herein; arguments of 

counsel; and any other matters properly before the Court. 

Counsel is unaware of any opposition to this motion. Pursuant to the Preliminary Approval 

Order, any objection to Counsel’s application for final approval or the proposed plan of allocation 

must be postmarked on or before a February 17, 2020. To date, no objections have been filed. A 

proposed Order granting the requested relief has been filed concurrently herewith.

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A proposed Order granting the requested relief has been filed concurrently herewith. An 

updated proposed Order will be submitted with Lead Plaintiff’s reply papers after the deadline for 

requesting exclusion has passed, in order to incorporate requests for exclusion from the Settlement 

Class, if any are received.

Dated: February 10, 2020 Respectfully submitted,

/s/Shannon L. Hopkins

LEVI & KORSINSKY, LLP

Shannon L. Hopkins (admitted pro hac vice)

Sebastian Tornatore (admitted pro hac vice)

1111 Summer street, Suite 403

Stamford, CT 06905

Tel.: (203) 992-4523

Fax: (212) 363-7171

Email: shopkins@zlk.com

Email: stornatore@zlk.com

James R. Cummins (0000861)

CUMMINS LAW LLC

312 Walnut Street, Suite 1530

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Tel.: (513) 721-9000

Fax: (513) 721-9001

Email: jcummins@cumminslaw.us

Counsel for Plaintiff Barbara Forman

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on February 10, 2020, I filed LEAD PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR FINAL 

APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT, CLASS CERTIFICATION AND PLAN OF 

ALLOCATION with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notice to all 

counsel of record.

/s/Shannon L. Hopkins

Shannon L. Hopkins

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