Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement
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5 30- Plaintiff Franco Perez and Ana Maria Avalos Herrera’s (collectively, 2022- “Plaintiffs”) Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action and PAGA 012433 Settlement is GRANTED ON THE CONDITION THAT withing five (5) 44 Perez days of this ruling, Plaintiffs shall provide the court with an amended vs. The [Proposed] Order that attaches as exhibits “the Settlement Agreement (Exhibit Contain 1), the First and Second Amendments (Exhibits 2 and 3), the Class Notice er (Exhibit 4), the Opt-Out Form (Exhibit 5), the Notice of Objection (Exhibit 6), Supply and their certified Spanish translations (Exhibit 7).” Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs’ Co., Inc. counsel stated that this would be done but it was not done. (See ROA 162; Supp. Hillier Dec. ¶¶ 4-6; Supp. Br. at p. 5.)
A Final Approval Hearing is set for December 14, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. All papers in support of the Final Approval Hearing, including detailed hourly breakdowns of plaintiff’s attorneys to support a lodestar cross-check, detailed plaintiff attorney cost breakdowns, an Administrator declaration and invoice, and plaintiffs’ declarations to support the enhancement request, must be filed at least 16 calendar days before the Final Approval Hearing date to provide enough time for court review, and must be served in compliance with CCP notice of motion requirements.
Plaintiffs are ordered to give notice of the ruling to the LWDA and Defendant.
6 30- The tentative ruling is to continue Plaintiff Eduardo Lozano’s (“Plaintiff”) 2024- Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement to 014194 November 23, 2026 at 1:30 p,m. 34 Lozano vs. Counsel must file supplemental papers addressing the court’s concerns (not Nuvision fully revised papers that would have to be reread) no later than two weeks Federal before the next hearing date. Counsel must submit an amendment to the Credit settlement agreement rather than any amended settlement agreement. Counsel Union 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.
The estimated costs for the administrator have not been provided to the court and has not been explained in the class notice.
Paragraphs 7.6 and 7.8.4. of the settlement agreement state that the Administrator will resolve any workweek disputes. The documents should reflect instead that, while the Administrator and the parties will attempt to resolve any such dispute, the court will ultimately decide any unresolved dispute.
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