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  • Andrea Spears vs. Health Net of California Inc Unlimited Civil document preview
  • Andrea Spears vs. Health Net of California Inc Unlimited Civil document preview
  • Andrea Spears vs. Health Net of California Inc Unlimited Civil document preview
  • Andrea Spears vs. Health Net of California Inc Unlimited Civil document preview
  • Andrea Spears vs. Health Net of California Inc Unlimited Civil document preview
  • Andrea Spears vs. Health Net of California Inc Unlimited Civil document preview
  • Andrea Spears vs. Health Net of California Inc Unlimited Civil document preview
  • Andrea Spears vs. Health Net of California Inc Unlimited Civil document preview
						
                                

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F!LED/E^DOesIEO 1 Timothy J. Long (SBN 137591) longt@gtlaw.com 2 Samuel S. Hyde (SBN 327065) OCT 0 6 2020 hydes@gtlaw.com By:, • 3 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP LiiEOwlher Ueputy Clerk ~ 1201 K Street, Suite 1100 4 Sacramento, Califomia 95814 Telephone: 916.442.1111 5 Facsimile: 916.448.1709 6 Rowena Santos (SBN 210185) santosro@gtlaw.com 7 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 18565 Jamboree Road, Suite 500 8 Irvine, Califomia 92612 Telephone: 949.732.6500 9 Facsimile: 949.732.6501 10 Attomeys for Defendant HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNLA., INC. 11 12 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNLA 13 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 14 15 ANDREA SPEARS, an individual, on behalf of Case No. 34-2017-00210560-CU-OE-GDS herself and on behalf of all persons similarly (Consolidated with Case No. 34-2017-00216685-CU- 16 situated, OE-GDS) Plaintiff, DECLARATION OF TIMOTHY J. LONG IN 17 SUPPORT OF REPLY TO MOTION TO STRIKE 18 HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a TOMAS ARANA'S REPRESENTATIVE PAGA Califomia corporation; and DOES 1 through.50, CLAIMS 19 inclusive. Date: October 16,2020 20 Defendants. Time: 11:00 a.m. Dept.: 41 21 Judge: Hon. David De Alba 22 TOMAS R. ARANA, on behalf of himself, all Complaint Filed: April 5, 2017 others similarly situated. FAC Filed: June 29, 2017 23 Consolidated Complaint Filed: Dec. 21,2017 Plaintiff, 24 25 HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNLA, INC., a 26 Califomia corporation; and DOES 1 through 50. inclusive, 27 Defendants. 28 DECLARATION OF TIMOTHY J. LONG ISO REPLY TO MOTION TO STRIKE ARANA'S REPRESENTATIVE PAGA CLAIMS 1 I, Timothy J. Long, hereby declare as follows: 2 1. I am an attomey duly admitted to practice before the courts of the State of Califomia and a 3 shareholder in the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, attomeys of record for Defendant Health Net of 4 Califomia, Inc. ("HNCA"). I make this declaration on personal knowledge and, if swom as a witness, 5 could competently testify to the following facts except where otherwise indicated. 6 2. On December 3, 2018, I deposed Plaintiff Tomas Arana. A tme and correct copy of the 7 relevant portion of Mr. Arana's deposition transcript is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 8 I declare under the penalty of perjury of the laws of the State; of Califomia that the foregoing is true 9 and correct. Executed this 1st day of May, 2020, in Sacramento, Califomia. 10 11 Timothy J. Long 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DECLARATION OF TIMOTHY J. LONG ISO REPLY TO MOTION TO STRIKE ARANA'S REPRESENTATIVE PAGA CLAIMS EXHIBIT A 1 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 3 4 ANDREA SPEARS, a n i n d i v i d u a l , on b e h a l f o f h e r s e l f and on b e h a l f o f a l l persons s i m i l a r l y - situated. C o n s o l i d a t e d Case No. 34--2 017-0 021056 0-CU-OE Plaintiff(s), -CDS vs . HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, 10 INC., a C a l i f o r n i a Corporation, et al., 11 12 Defendant(s) 13 14 15 16 17 VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF TOMAS ARANA 18 Sacramento, California 19 Monday, December 3, 2018 20 Volume I 21 22 Reported by: Carrie Pederson 23 CSR No. 4373, RMR, CRR 24 Job No. 3123370 25 PAGES 1-190 Page 1 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 3 4 ANDREA SPEARS, a n individual, on b e h a l f o f h e r s e l f and on b e h a l f o f a l l persons similarly situated, C o n s o l i d a t e d Case No. 34-2 017-0 021056 0-CU-OE Plaintiff(s), -CDS vs HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, 10 INC., a C a l i f o r n i a Corporation, e t a l . , 11 12 Defendant(s) 13 14. 15 16 17 18 .. V i d e o t a p e d D e p o s i t i o n o f TOMAS ARANA, 19 Volume I , t a k e n o n b e h a l f o f t h e d e f e n d a n t s , a t 20 400 C a p i t o l M a l l , S u i t e 3000, Sacramento, California, 21 b e g i n n i n g a t 10:12 a.m. a n d e n d i n g a t 3:28 p.m. o n 22 Monday, December 3, 2018, b e f o r e C a r r i e Pederson, 23 C e r t i f i e d S h o r t h a n d R e p o r t e r No. 4373 24 25 Page 2 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A. Yes. 02:24:29 2 Q. Okay. A n y t h i n g e l s e t h a t you would add t o 02:24:30 3 E x h i b i t 504? 02:24:32 4 A. No, no. The o n l y o t h e r t h i n g I c o u l d t h i n k 02:24:46 5 o f i s t h a t I'm f a m i l i a r w i t h a l l o u r p r o d u c t s , which 02:24:48 6 I know o u r a n a l y s t s a r e a c t u a l l y focused on one 02:24:50 7 s p e c i f i c p r o d u c t , b u t t h a t ' s necessary; r i g h t ? 02:24:55 8 Q. And when you say " a n a l y s t s , " who a r e you 02:25:00 9 r e f e r r i n g to? 02:25:02 10 A. The o t h e r t e n t h a t I counted i n my head, t h e 02:25:03 11 ones w i t h t h e same t i t l e as I . 02:25:05 12 Q. Okay. So, i n o t h e r words, whereas your 02:25:07 13 understanding i s the other contact center analysts 02:25:08 14 focus on s p e c i f i c p r o d u c t s , you a r e f a m i l i a r w i t h and 02:25:12. 15 focus on a l l t h e p r o d u c t o f f e r i n g s o f t h e company? 02:25:17 16 A. Because o f t h e Hub, yes. , 02:25:20 17 Q. Got i t . Okay. I ' m a s k i n g t h i s question out 02:25:23 18 o f o r d e r , so I'm n o t t r y i n g t o -- a r e you f a m i l i a r 02:25:32 19 w i t h Workday? 02:25:35 20 A. Yes. I j u s t became f a m i l i a r w i t h i t , yes. 02:25:39 21 Q.- And EMP Center? 02:25:40 22 A. Employee Center, yes. 02:25:44 23 Q. Okay. 24 A. I don't go i n t h e r e v e r y o f t e n . 02:25:45 25 'Q.;. ^So l e t me see d f I ; can 02:25:50 Page 160 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 -since y o u ' r e a n exempt employee-, ' y o u h a y ^ I 02:25:52 2 ^presume,' used' Workday o r ; EMP C e n t e r to' r e c o r d , y i ^ i ^ ^ 02:25:55 3 time?; 02:25:57 4 •A.; 'Right 02:25:59 5 Q. Okay. So y o u ' r e n o t f a m i l i a r w i t h a l l the 02:25:59 6 nuances o f t h a t t i m e k e e p i n g system? 02:26:01 7 A. Afraid not. The o n l y p l a c e I ' v e s e e n i t was 02:26:03 8 i n an Elements t r a i n i n g . 02:26:06 9 Q. Okay. 02:26:07 10 A. But t h a t r i g h t there t e l l s you you're not 02:26:07 11 supposed t o go t h e r e . 02:26:09 12 Q. Okay. And t h i s i s -- w h a t w e ' r e d e s c r i b i n g , 02:26:10 13 t h e EMP C e n t e r a n d Workday, t h a t ' s t h e new 02:26:13 14 t i m e k e e p i n g s y s t e m t h e company's u s i n g ; c o r r e c t ? 02:26:16 15 A. I b e l i e v e so, y e s . 02:26:19 16 Q. Do y o u know when t h e company i m p l e m e n t e d 02:26:20 17 those systems? . 02:26:21 18 A. .No, .1 do n o t . 02:26:22 19 Q. Okay. I didn't t h i n k you did, b u t I j u s t 02:26:23 20 • w a n t e d t o c o n f i r m that..' 02:26:25 21 A. Yes. 02 :26 :26 2-2 Q. Okay. 5 05, I t h i n k . 02:26:49 23 ( E x h i b i t 505 marked) 02:26:51 24 BY MR. LONG: 02:26:52 25 Q. Here's a b l a s t f r o m t h e p a s t m a r k e d as 02:26:59 Page 1 6 1 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 I , t h e undersigned, a Certified Shorthand 2 R e p o r t e r o f t h e S t a t e o f C a l i f o r n i a , do h e r e b y 3 certify; 4 That t h e f o r e g o i n g p r o c e e d i n g s were t a k e n 5 b e f o r e me a t t h e t i m e a n d p l a c e h e r e i n s e t f o r t h ; 6 t h a t any w i t n e s s e s i n t h e f o r e g o i n g p r o c e e d i n g s , 7 prior t otestifying, were d u l y s w o r n ; t h a t a r e c o r d 8 o f t h e proceedings was made b y me u s i n g machine 9 s h o r t h a n d w h i c h was t h e r e a f t e r t r a n s c r i b e d u n d e r my 10 direction; that the foregoing transcript i s a true 11 record o f the testimony given. 12 F u r t h e r , t h a t i f t h e f o r e g o i n g p e r t a i n s to. the o r i g i n a l t r a n s c r i p t o f a d e p o s i t i o n i n a Federal 13 Case, b e f o r e c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e p r o c e e d i n g s , review o f 14 the transcript [ ] was [ ] was n o t r e q u e s t e d . 15 I f u r t h e r c e r t : i f y I am n e i t h e r financially 16 i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e a c t i o n n o r a r e l a t i v e o r employee 17 o f any a t t o r n e y o r p a r t y t o t h i s action. 18 I N WITNESS WHEREOF, I have t h i s date 19 s u b s c r i b e d my name. 20 21 D a t e d : December 6, 2018 22 23 24 CARRIE PEDERSON 25 CSR No. 4373 Page 190 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 Andrea Spears, et al. vs. Health Net of Califomia, Inc. Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 34-2017-00210560 2 DECLARATION OF SERVICE 3 I am a citizen of the United States, over the age of 18 years, and not a party to or 4 interested in this action. I am employed in the County of Sacramento, State ofCalifomia and my business address is Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 1201 K Street, Suite 1100, Sacramento, CA 95814. 5 On this day, I caused to be served the following document(s): 6 DECLARATION OF TIMOTHY J. LONG IN SUPPORT OF REPLY TO 7 MOTION TO STRIKE TOMAS ARANA'S REPRESENTATIVE PAGA CLAIMS 8 By placing HH the original ^ a tme copy into sealed envelopes addressed and served as follows: 9 Norman Blumenthal 10 Aparajit Bhowmik Attorneys for PlaintiffAndrea Spears Piya Mukherjee 11 Victoria B. Rivapalacio BLUMENTHAL, NORDREHAUG & 12 BHOWMIK LLP 2255 Calle Clara 13 La Jolla, CA 92037 Email: norm@bamlawca.com 14 Telephone: (858) 551-1223 Facsimile: (858) 551-1232 15 Shaun Setareh 16 William Pao Attorneys for Plaintiff Tomas R. Arana Alex Mcintosh 17 SETAREH LAW GROUP 315 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 315 18 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Email: shaun(2),setarehlaw.com 19 william(3),setarehlaw.com alex(a),setarehlaw.com 20 Telephone: (310)888-7771 Facsimile: (310)888-0109 21 3 BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION: By transmitting a tme and a correct copy 22 thereof attached to the electronic email address(es) as set forth above. 23 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Califomia that the foregoing is true and correct. 24 Executed on October 6, 2020, at Sacramento, Califomia. 25 26 Marlene Celis 27 28 PROOF OF SERVICE