Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement
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Plaintiff has not shown that he served the LWDA with his moving papers. Plaintiff is ordered to give notice of the ruling to the LWDA, and to Defendant, to serve the LWDA with his original moving papers as well as any new papers filed for future hearings, and to file a proof of service showing such compliance.
2 30-2023-01334565 Plaintiff Monique Duong’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion for Final Duong vs. Mobilitie Approval of Class Action Settlement is GRANTED IN Holdings, LLC PART.
An enhancement award of $5,000 is sufficient and proper for a class and settlement of this size, and based on plaintiff’s contribution to the case.
The court also finds that an attorneys’ fee award totaling $106,740.00 or 30% of the Gross Settlement Amount, is fair, adequate and reasonable for the class and settlement of this size, contingent nature of representation and the results achieved.
The court concludes that the $355,800.00 class action and PAGA settlement is fair, adequate and reasonable, and approves the following specific awards: • $106,740.00 to plaintiff’s counsel for plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees, reduced from the $118,600.00 requested;
• $19,019.26 to plaintiff’s counsel for plaintiff’s litigation costs, as requested;
• $5,000.00 to Plaintiff Monique Duong as enhancement award, reduced from the $7,500.00 requested; and
• $6,250.00 to CPT Group, Inc., the settlement administrator, as requested.
The court notes that the gross settlement amount includes $42,353.34 that was previously paid as a part of Pick Up Stix settlements Thus, the total amount that will be payable to all class members, if they are paid the amount to which they are entitled pursuant to the judgment, is $176,437.40.
The Final Accounting hearing is set for March 22, 2027 at 1:30 p.m. in Department CX103. At least sixteen (16) calendar days before the hearing, Class Counsel and the Settlement Administrator must submit a summary accounting of the distribution of the settlement funds to Class Members and Aggrieved Employees, identifying the distributions made pursuant to this Order and Judgment, and identifying the number and value of any uncashed checks, and the status of any unresolved issues.
Within five (5) days of this ruling, Plaintiff shall provide the court with a revised Proposed Final Order and Judgment reflecting this ruling.
Plaintiff is ordered to give notice of this ruling.
3 JCCP 5194 The tentative ruling is to continue Plaintiff Stephanie Navarro Aaron Thomas Wage Reyes’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion for Preliminary Approval of and Hour Cases Class Action and PAGA Settlement to October 26, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.
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Counsel must file supplemental papers addressing the court’s concerns (not fully revised papers that would have to be reread) no later than two weeks before the next hearing date. Counsel must submit an amendment to the settlement agreement rather than any amended settlement agreement. Counsel also must provide a red-lined version of any revised papers. Counsel also should provide the court with an explanation of how the pending issues were resolved, with references to any corrections to the settlement agreement and the class notice, rather than with a supplemental declaration or brief that simply asserts the issues have been resolved.
Plaintiff failed to provide the court with a text-searchable settlement agreement in compliance with CRC 2.256(b)(3).
Plaintiff’s counsel states: “To effectuate the Settlement, the Parties agreed to file an amended complaint adding the PAGA claims.” (Savoy Dec. ¶ 3.) However, no amended complaint has been filed with a PAGA claim for Plaintiff.
Aggrieved employees are defined as “all non-exempt employees employed by Defendants in California at any time between November 5, 2018, through November 28, 2025” (Settlement ¶ 1.5) but the PAGA Period is defined as