Tentative decisions - Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement - *Complex-Class Action* Viramontes -v- CLS Landscape Management, Inc. et al Print

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On December 21, 2021 a complex civil unlimited case was filed by Viramontes, Alberto, represented by Capstone Law Apc, against Cls Landscape Management, Inc., and Does 1 Through 10, represented by Best Best & Krieger, in the jurisdiction of San Bernardino County. Judge David Cohn presiding.

                        
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                                       TENTATIVE RULINGS
13.       Viramontes       v.   CLS Landscape Management,              Inc.
          CIVSBZ1 34798                                                                       3y
          Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action and                 PAGA Settlement
          Tentative Ruling:


          Granted, subject to provision of missing information as addressed below.

                                  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.…