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Motion for Approval of Settlement Under Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)
• $5,000.00 to Plaintiff Israel Gutierrez Andrade as enhancement award; • $2,990.00 to Apex Class Action LLC, the settlement administrator, as requested; • $71,662.51 to the LWDA for its share of PAGA penalties; and • $23,887.50 to the aggrieved employees for their share of PAGA penalties.
The court sets a Final Report Hearing for March 1, 2027 at 1:30 p.m. to confirm that distribution efforts are fully completed, including the distribution of uncashed aggrieved employee checks after 180 days, that the Administrator’s work is complete, and that the court’s file thus may be closed. The parties must report to the court the total amount that was actually paid to the aggrieved employees. All supporting papers must be filed at least 16 days before the Final Report Hearing date.
Plaintiff is ordered to give notice of the ruling to the LWDA and Defendant.
10 30-2024-01437801 Plaintiff Pedro Pablo Diaz’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion for Approval Diaz vs. K&K Foods of Settlement Under Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) Mgmt, Inc. is GRANTED.
The court concludes that the $210,000.00 PAGA settlement is fair, adequate and reasonable, and approves the following specific awards: • $63,000.00 to plaintiff’s counsel for plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees; • $18,476.00 to plaintiff’s counsel for plaintiff’s litigation costs, as requested; • $2,000.00 to Plaintiff Pedro Pablo Diaz as enhancement award, as requested; • $2,950.00 to Phoenix Class Action Administration Solutions, the settlement administrator, as requested; • $80,323.10 to the LWDA for its share of PAGA penalties; and • $43,250.90 to the aggrieved employees for their share of PAGA penalties.
The court sets a Final Report Hearing for February 22, 2027 at 1:30 p.m. to confirm that distribution efforts are fully completed, including the distribution of uncashed aggrieved
employee checks after 180 days, that the Administrator’s work is complete, and that the court’s file thus may be closed. The parties must report to the court the total amount that was actually paid to the aggrieved employees. All supporting papers must be filed at least 16 days before the Final Report Hearing date.
Plaintiff is ordered to give notice of this ruling to the LWDA and Defendants.
11 30-2020-01136571 Plaintiff Saul Loera (“Plaintiff”) Motion for Final Approval of Loera vs. Hirsch Pipe & Class Action and PAGA Settlement is GRANTED IN PART. Supply Co., Inc. The court finds that an attorneys’ fee award totaling $450,000.00 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.
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The court concludes that the $1,500,000.00 class action and PAGA settlement is fair, adequate and reasonable, and approves the following specific awards: • $450,000.00 to plaintiff’s counsel for plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees (25% or $112,500.00 to Lawyers for Justice, PC and 75% or $337,500.00 to Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP), reduced from the $500,000.00 requested; • $20,298.35 to plaintiff’s counsel for plaintiff’s litigation costs ($7,760.99 to Lawyers for Justice, PC and $12,537.36 to Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP); • $5,000.00 to Plaintiff Saul Loera as enhancement award, as requested; • $12,500.00 to CPT Group, Inc., the settlement administrator, as requested; and • $22,500.00 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 $989,701.65.
The Final Accounting hearing is set for February 22, 2027 at 1:30 p.m. in Department CX103. At least sixteen (16) calendar days before the hearing, Class Counsel and the Settlement