Motion for Final Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement
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• $5,000.00 to Plaintiff Loan Phu as enhancement award, reduced from the $10,000.00 requested; • $11,990.00 to Apex Class Action, LLC, the settlement administrator, as requested; and • $75,000.00 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 $723,654.98.
The Final Accounting hearing is set for August 23, 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.
Within five (5) days of this ruling, Plaintiff is ordered to provide the court with a revised Proposed Final Order and Judgment reflecting this ruling.
Plaintiff is ordered to give notice of the ruling to the LWDA and Defendant.
9 30-2024-01400837 Plaintiff Rigoberto Hernandez’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion for Final Hernandez vs. Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement is GRANTED MMLW, LLC IN PART ON THE CONDITION THAT within five (5) days of this ruling, an amended [Proposed] Order and Judgment is provided to the court in accordance with this ruling.
The [Proposed] Order and Judgment must provide 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 finds that an attorneys’ fee award totaling $99,375.00 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 $331,250.00 class action and PAGA settlement is fair, adequate and reasonable, and approves the following specific awards: • $99,375.00 to plaintiff’s counsel for plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees, reduced from the $110,416.66 requested; • $19,120.53 to plaintiff’s counsel for plaintiff’s litigation costs, as requested; • $5,000.00 to Plaintiff Rigoberto Hernandez as enhancement award, as requested; • $8,200.00 to Phoenix Settlement Administrators, the settlement administrator, as requested; and • $11,250.00 to the LWDA for its share of PAGA penalties, as requested.
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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 $188,304.47.
The Final Accounting hearing is set for August 23, 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 the ruling to the LWDA and Defendant.
10 30-2025-01508372 Defendants Aluma Medical Aesthetics P.C. (“Aluma”), Michael Bruyn vs. Aluma Lafkas, Lyndsay Hakker, and Tracy Dugan (collectively, Medical Aesthetics “Defendants”) Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay of Action P.C. is GRANTED. IT IS ORDERED THAT Plaintiff’s claims are compelled to arbitration, and this action is STAYED pending completion of arbitration.
The court OVERRULES Plaintiff’s objections to the Declaration of Defendant’s counsel, Jonathan L. Gerber, as his discussion of the arbitration history of the parties is irrelevant to the court’s ruling on this Motion.