Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement
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9 Hannett v. Serendipity Hearing, Inc., et al.
2021-01229201 Order to Show Cause re: Dismissal in Case No. 2021-01229201 The Order to Show Cause re Dismissal in Case No. 2021-01229201 remains scheduled for June 11, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. in Department CX105. Plaintiffs are ordered to appear. Failure to appear will result in dismissal of the entire action. 10 Jones, et al. v. JW Marriott Anaheim Resort
2021-01183306 Off calendar. 11 Navarro v. Beta Bionics, Inc.
2024-01392520 Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement The court has reviewed and considered the papers, including the supplemental papers, filed in support of plaintiff’s motion for preliminary approval of a $200,000 class action and PAGA settlement. Subject to plaintiff’s submission of the documents identified below, the court grants the motion as follows: $5,000.00 for enhancement award to plaintiff (not to exceed); $60,000.00 for attorneys’ fees (not to exceed); $25,000.00 for attorneys’ costs (not to exceed); $5,850.00 for settlement administration fees (not to exceed); and $20,000.00 total PAGA penalties ($15,000.00 to LWDA).
Plaintiff is ordered to file and serve by June 18, 2026 a revised proposed order (stating the above amounts) with all exhibits attached: (1) a fully executed copy of the settlement agreement; (2) fully executed copies of the amendments to the settlement agreement; and (3) the notice packet (revised as stated above). Only one copy of the notice packet should be attached to the proposed order as an exhibit. Duplicate or superseded copies of the notice packet should not be attached to the proposed order.
The notice packet should include the exclusion and objection forms, which should be revised as stated in the court’s February 5, 2026 order (ROA 101): (1) All text after “[ADDRESS LINE 2]” and before “By signing below, I am excluding myself from the Settlement” on the exclusion form (i.e., the bolded text beginning with “DO YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE . . .” and ending with “OR NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE THIS SETTLEMENT”) should be removed; and (2) The following sentence should be removed from the objection form: “I HEREBY CONFIRM THAT I WAS EMPLOYED BY BETA BIONICS, INC. DURING THE CLASS PERIOD AS A NON- EXEMPT EMPLOYEE.”
The final approval hearing is scheduled for October 22, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. in Department CX105. The motion for final approval shall be filed at least 16 court days before the hearing. See Department CX105 Guidelines for Approval of Class Action Settlements and PAGA Settlements (www.occourts.org).
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