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            C ounsel for FZaintiffJulze Stille and the Pr oposed Class

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                                SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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                                            C4UNTY OF SAN BERNARDINQ
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    1       JULIE STILLER      individually    and on    behalf       cASE No    c vns1 o1377

              all athers s rmilarly situated
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                                                                      CLASS ACTION

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                               Plaintiff                              ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF S
                                                                      MOTION FOR CLASS
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                                                                      CERTIFICATTQN

    1       MMODAL SERVIGES LTD                a carparatian          Dates September 23 2019 and
            dba M MODAL        and   DOES 1 through 100                     November 13 2019
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            inclusive                                                 Time 8 30 am
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                                                                      Complaint Filed January 24 2017
                                                                      Trial Date          None
                                                                      Jucige              Hon David Cohn



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                   ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF S MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
            The                       Plaintiff JULIE   STILLER      Plaintiff
 1                  motion       of
                                                                                 for an Order granting Class

 2   Certification came on regularly for hearing in Department S26 ofthis Court on September 23 2019

 3   and November 13 2019 Plaintiff appeared by counsel BAKER LAW GROUP LLP and W LAW

 q   Defendant MMODAL SERVICES                   LTD     Defendant   or   MModal     appeared by counsel K     L

 5   GATES LLP


 6          The Court having considered the documents before it having heard the arguments of

     counsel and being fully advised ORDERS as follows

 g           1        Plaintiff s Motion for Class Certification is granted        The Court grants certification


 9   of the following class

10                    Class       All of Defendant s     current and former employees whom            Defendant
                      employed within California and paid on a piece rate or hourly basis at any time from
11                    January 24 2013 through the time of trial

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            2         Within the General Class the Court grants certification of the following three
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     subclasses

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                     Meal Period All class members for whom Defendant did not authorize an
15                    uninterrupted 30 minute off duty meal period before exceeding a work
                     period   of five hours   or provide one additional hour of pay at the
16                    employee s regular rate of pay for each workday that the meal period was
                     not authorized

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                     Wa   e Statement     All class members for whom Defendant did not
18                   maintain and provide accurate itemized wage statements and

19                    Section 203 All class members who did not receive all earned wages from
                     Defendant within 72 hours after the employment relationship ended
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            3        The Court fmds that the question of whether Defendant uniformly applies unlawful
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     meal period policies and practices to all Class Members            and Class Members are not paid meal
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     period premium wages for missed meal periods predominates over individualized questions in the
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     case   The Court finds that any individual proof or factual determination in this case does not
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     predominate over common questions of law and fact
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            4        The Court finds that the question of whether Defendant uniformly applies unlawful
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     wage statement policies and practices to all Class members predominates over individualized
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     questions   in the   case    The Court finds that any individual proof or factual determination in this
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             ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF S MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION