Excerpt: ... period. 2. File a declaration, indicating a detailed list of costs totaling 13,798.22, including an explanation and description of the cost item of $10,750. 3. File a [proposed] order granting final approval, which includes the class definition, full release language and names of the three class members who opted out of the settlement. Subject to the above, the Court awards/approves the following: (1) $133,320 for attorneys' fees to class counse...

Excerpt: ... proceeds received by counsel and three class representatives (John Faitro, an individual and as the personal representative of the Estate of Laura Lee Faitro, deceased; Arturo & Elvia Renteria, as individuals and as the personal representatives of the Estate of Ana Renteria, deceased; and Bridget Sandoval, an individual) in a purported global settlement with Defendants. Defendants' counsel also seeks an order sealing exhibits attached to the opp...

Excerpt: ...y? a. Cooling‐Off period provision provides that for 36 full months after termination of the class period, no class member will be permitted to bring a lawsuit or administrative action asserting or alleging claims for odor, dust, or other alleged emissions from SCL. The cooling off period does not prevent claims from accruing during this time, but serves as a bar to the initiation of litigation prior to its expiration. b. While the settlement c...

Excerpt: ...e construction of their residences against Defendant KB Home, the developer and general contractor of the homes. Plaintiffs allege claims for strict products liability, strict products liability (component products), violation of building standards set forth in Civil Code §896, breach of implied warranty of merchantability, breach of contract, negligence, and breach of express warranty. The Plaintiffs have settled their claims with KB Home. KB H...

Excerpt: ...s out of an ongoing wrongful scheme by Defendants to deny their employees the benefits due under California's wage and hour laws for work performed in California. [Complaint, ¶13.] Plaintiff alleges claims for meal period violations, rest period violations, recovery of unpaid minimum wage and overtime, unpaid reporting time pay, unpaid wages during employment, failure to pay wages due at separation of employment, failure to issue accurate itemiz...

Excerpt: ...ting on behalf of the employer [Complaint, ¶5]), alleging that Defendant deprived Plaintiff and the putative class of, inter alia, unpaid wages and unpaid overtime. [Complaint, ¶1.] In particular, Plaintiff alleges that he and the putative class were subject to Defendants' policy by which adjunct faculty are not paid for the time spent working outside of the classroom (through which Defendants unlawfully withheld the wages of Plaintiff and the ...

Excerpt: ..., deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolisms following knee and hip replacement surgery) and individual prescribing physicians. Plaintiffs claim a variety of injuries, and allege various causes of action. Specially appearing Defendants Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc., Bayer HealthCare LLC and Bayer Corporation (“Defendants”) filed a motion to quash service of summons...

Excerpt: ...ctos. Some of the Plaintiffs are the successors‐in‐interest to the Estate of Afonso Valentim, while other Plaintiffs were additional persons who were prescribed Actos and developed bladder cancer. The parties in the Actos litigation entered into a confidential settlement agreement. However, a disagreement arose among Afonso Valentim's heirs as to how to apportion the wrongful death proceeds. Counsel for Plaintiffs, The Miller Firm, requested ...

Excerpt: ...racting Concepts, Inc. is also named in some of the cases making up the coordinated proceeding. Plaintiffs allege that Defendant misclassified them as independent contractors, instead of as employees. Plaintiffs in the coordinated cases, as a result of the alleged misclassification, assert various causes of action, including violation of California Labor Code §§510 and 1198 (unpaid overtime); violation of California Labor Code §§ 1194, 1197, ...

Excerpt: ...ass action. Plaintiff Kathleen Spratt alleges that she was employed by Defendant American Learning Foundation, Inc. (“ALF”), a privately‐owned, for profit corporation that provides a multitude of language‐related services, education, and training programs. [Complaint, ¶14.] Plaintiff alleges that Defendants routinely required Plaintiff and Class members to work in excess of 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week but failed to pay Plaintif...

Excerpt: ...t of a settlement check is insufficient; 3. Remove the phrase “Late objections will not be considered” from page 5 of the Notice. In context, it creates the impression that Class Members may only appear at the Final Approval Hearing if they have first objected in writing; 4. Provide the Court with proof of submission of the settlement agreement to the LWDA; and <0095009600870090009600 00870003008300840091>ve and listing a calendar of events l...

Excerpt: ...N I. Background This insurance coverage action arises in connection with various claims that have been filed or may in the future be filed against Defendants Rockwell Automation, Inc., ArvinMeritor, Inc., and Invensys, Inc. (collectively, the “Rockwell Defendants” or the “Rockwell Parties”) [1] for alleged bodily injuries purporting to result from exposure to asbestos, as to which the Rockwell Defendants have asserted or will assert they ...

Excerpt: ...n meets the requirements of the statute; and (3) if applicable, provides a declaration disclosing any interest or involvement, by any counsel or party, in the governance or work of the selected cy pres recipient; Counsel to prepare a proposed order of approval containing a calendar of events leading to the final approval hearing. Counsel to call court for a final approval hearing date. ...

Excerpt: ...f the owners of MDUs in, inter alia, the State of California by permanently affixing its satellite dishes and associated equipment to rooftops, external walls and other common or restricted areas without Landlord consent.” [Complaint, ¶2.] Plaintiffs bring this action to stop this alleged policy and practice. [Id.] Plaintiffs allege that DirecTV delivers its satellite television service to subscribers who reside in MDUs by means of satellite d...

Excerpt: ...rm a supplemental regression analysis with the newly‐obtained data DISCUSSION I. Background Concurrently with the motion for class certification, Plaintiffs seek an order striking portions of the Declaration of Dr. Ali Saad, submitted in support of Defendants' opposition to the motion for class certification. Plaintiffs also seek $4,999.00 in sanctions against Defendants and/or their counsel. II. Motion for Sanction Plaintiffs, through this mot...

Excerpt: ...ed by Defendant 3760 Figueroa, LLC. [Complaint, ¶1.] Plaintiff alleges that he executed a written lease with Defendants, stating that Plaintiff's security deposit would be returned by check made payable to Plaintiff within 21 days after Plaintiff vacated the leased premises. [Complaint, ¶31.] The written lease executed between Plaintiff and Defendants stated that Defendants would deduct from the security deposits returned to Plaintiff amounts n...