Barcenas vs. Advantage Management, Inc.

Administrator shall 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 to the LWDA, and Defendant.

12 30-2023-01334908 Plaintiff Bernardo Vargas Barcenas’ (“Plaintiff”) Motion for Barcenas vs. Final Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement is Advantage GRANTED ON THE CONDITION THAT an amended Management, Inc. [Proposed] Order and Judgment is provided to the court within five (5) days of this ruling that sets forth how the parties will comply with CRC Rule 3.771(b), which states: “Notice of the judgment must be given to the class in the manner specified by the court.” The notice may be included with the checks that are mailed to the class members or posted on the administrator’s website.

The court concludes that the $107,500.00 class action and PAGA settlement is fair, adequate and reasonable, and approves the following specific awards: • $32,250.00 to plaintiff’s counsel for plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees, as requested; • $9,183.98 to plaintiff’s counsel for plaintiff’s litigation costs, as requested; • $5,000.00 to Plaintiff Bernardo Vargas Barcenas as enhancement award, as requested; • $5,750.00 to Phoenix Settlement Administrators, the settlement administrator, as requested; and • $7,500.00 to the LWDA for its share of PAGA penalties, as requested.

The total amount that will be payable to all class members and aggrieved employees, if they are paid the amount to which they are entitled pursuant to the judgment, is $47,816.02.

The Final Accounting hearing is set for April 12, 2027 at 1:30 p.m. in Department CX103. At least sixteen (16) calendar days

before the hearing, Class Counsel and the Settlement Administrator shall 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.

Plaintiff is ordered to give notice of this ruling to the LWDA and Defendant.

13 JCCP 5429 Petitioner Ninette Amaya Romero’s (“Petitioner”) Petition for Mastercorp Wage and Coordination is DENIED. Hour Cases The court DENIES Petitioner’s Request for Judicial Notice of Declaration Of Angie Zavala in Support of Defendant MasterCorp Commercial Services, LLC’s Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings in Romero v. MasterCorp Commercial Services, LLC, et al., filed on January 9, 2026, Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No. 25PSCV02652, as it is not the proper subject of judicial notice. “A court may take judicial notice of the [e]xistence of each document in a court file, but cannot take judicial notice of the truth of facts asserted in documents such as orders, findings of fact and conclusions of law, and judgments.” (People v. Franklin (2016) 63 Cal. 4th 261, 280.) Where a party does not argue that the existence of a filing, but rather asserts its content as truth, “we deny his request for judicial notice.” (Id.)

Petitioner seeks an order coordinating five actions: 1. Amaya Romero v. MasterCorp, Inc., et al., Case No. 25PSCV02652, pending in Los Angeles County Superior Court ("Romero PAGA Action") 2. Martinez v. MasterCorp Commercial Services, LLC, Case No. 30-2024-01439413-CU-OE-CXC, pending in Orange County Superior Court ("Martinez Individual Action") 3. Martinez v. MasterCorp Commercial Services, LLC, Case No. 30-2025-01463889-CU-OE-CXC, pending in Orange County Superior Court ("Martinez PAGA Action") 4. Tate v. MasterCorp Commercial Services, LLC, Case No. CU0001953, pending in Nevada County Superior Court ("Tate PAGA Action")