F.Supp. at 507 (citing Reserve Life Ins. Co. v. Kirkland, 917 S.W.2d 836 (Tex.App. 1996); Janicik v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 305 Pa.Super. 120, 451 A.2d 451 (1982)). Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allows the Court to certify a class for settlement purposes only. Prudential I, 962 F.Supp. at 508. A settlement class is “a device whereby the court postpones the formal certification procedure until the parties have successfully negotiated a settlement, thus allowing a defendant to explore settlement without conceding any of its arguments against certification.” GM Trucks, 55 F.3d at 786. “In certifying a class for settlement purposes, the Court must abide by the ordinary Rule 23 requirements ____” Prudential I, 962 F.Supp. at 508; see also GM Trucks, 55 F.3d at 778 (<HOLDING>). “Thus, a settlement class must satisfy the
holding in addition to the requirements in 23a and 23b the plaintiff must also show  that the class is indeed identifiable as a class holding that class actions may only be certified if the trial court is satisfied after a rigorous analysis that the prerequisites of rule 23a have been satisfied holding that the plaintiffs had not offered sufficient evidence that their claims met the requirements of rule 23a holding that rule 23a requirements must be satisfied as if class were to litigate its claims recognizing that the number of class representatives is not significant under rule 23a