I. BACKGROUND
On February 3, 2011, Carolina Ramirez, Luis Angel Colunga Escobar, Nelly Gonzales, Margarita Hernandez, Rigoberto Saavedra, and Liney Silva (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed a class-action complaint, against Clearwater Nursery, Inc. (“Clearwater”), its owner, Mahmood Jafroodi, and farm labor contractor, Custom Labor Services, Inc. (“Custom Labor”).1 Plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint (“FAC”) on April 8, 2011, setting forth nine causes of action for alleged wage and hour violations.
On November 8, 2016, the Court (Hon. Charles Crandall) certified the class for purposes of all nine causes of action. The class is defined as all non-exempt employees of Clearwater and Custom Labor, who have worked in Clearwater’s harvesting and packing departments at any time from February 3, 2007 until the present.
Trial of the matter was originally scheduled to begin on January 17, 2017. The parties, however, stipulated to continuances of the trial date and the related discovery dea
Hearing Date
May 01, 2019
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I. BACKGROUND
On February 3, 2011, Carolina Ramirez, Luis Angel Colunga Escobar, Nelly Gonzales, Margarita Hernandez, Rigoberto Saavedra, and Liney Silva (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed a class-action complaint, against Clearwater Nursery, Inc. (“Clearwater”), its owner, Mahmood Jafroodi, and farm labor contractor, Custom Labor Services, Inc. (“Custom Labor”).1 Plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint (“FAC”) on April 8, 2011, setting forth nine causes of action for alleged wage and hour violations.
On November 8, 2016, the Court (Hon. Charles Crandall) certified the class for purposes of all nine causes of action. The class is defined as all non-exempt employees of Clearwater and Custom Labor, who have worked in Clearwater’s harvesting and packing departments at any time from February 3, 2007 until the present.
Trial of the matter was originally scheduled to begin on January 17, 2017. The parties, however, stipulated to continuances of the trial date and the related discovery dea