Tentative Ruling on Motions for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement, Payment of Fees, Etc. Pulido v. Stone Brewing Co., Case No. 2018-58566
Sept. 3, 2021, 1:30 p.m., Dept. 72
1. Overview and Procedural Posture.
This is a wage and hour case arising in the craft beer business. Plaintiff, claiming to represent a class of non-exempt employees, asserted in the complaint filed in late 2018 that Stone failed to compensate him for all hours he worked during his five-month employment at Stone in 2016. Stone demurred to all eight counts of the complaint. ROA 9-11. The court overruled the demurrer (ROA 24) and Stone thereafter answered (ROA 25). At the CMC on April 26, 2019, the court set the case for a class certification hearing in early 2020. ROA 34-35. However, the parties later filed a stipulation asking that the certification hearing be moved to May, 2020, and the court obliged. ROA 41-42. The parties also stipulated to, and the court entered, a protective order to facilitate disco
Hearing Date
September 01, 2021
Category
Civil - Unlimited
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Tentative Ruling on Motions for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement, Payment of Fees, Etc. Pulido v. Stone Brewing Co., Case No. 2018-58566
Sept. 3, 2021, 1:30 p.m., Dept. 72
1. Overview and Procedural Posture.
This is a wage and hour case arising in the craft beer business. Plaintiff, claiming to represent a class of non-exempt employees, asserted in the complaint filed in late 2018 that Stone failed to compensate him for all hours he worked during his five-month employment at Stone in 2016. Stone demurred to all eight counts of the complaint. ROA 9-11. The court overruled the demurrer (ROA 24) and Stone thereafter answered (ROA 25). At the CMC on April 26, 2019, the court set the case for a class certification hearing in early 2020. ROA 34-35. However, the parties later filed a stipulation asking that the certification hearing be moved to May, 2020, and the court obliged. ROA 41-42. The parties also stipulated to, and the court entered, a protective order to facilitate disco