Tentative decisions - Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement

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                                        TENTATIVE RULINGS
 7.         Contreras    v.   Riley Electric, Inc.
            CIVSBZ1 32328
            Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement
            Tentative Ruling:


            Granted.


                                   Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlements

       Settlement of a class action requires court approval. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.769.)
The moving    party must demonstrate that “the settlement is fair, adequate and reasonable.”
(Kullar v. Foot Locker Retail, Inc. (2008) 168 Cal.App.4th 116, 126; Reed v. United
                                                                                       Teachers
Los Angeles (2012) 208 Cal.App.4th 322, 337.) The court has “broad discretion in making this
determination." (In re Microsoft I-V Cases (2006) 135 Cal.App.4th 706,
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