Judge: Elaine Lu, Case: 24STCV10365, Date: 2025-06-17 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 24STCV10365    Hearing Date: June 17, 2025    Dept: 9

Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement

Department SSC-9

Hon. Elaine Lu

Eliseo Navarrete v. Relativity Space, Inc.

Case No.: 24STCV10365

Hearing: June 17, 2025

TENTATIVE RULING

Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement is CONDITIONALLY GRANTED CONTINGENT ON Counsel adequately addressing the following items:

1.     At Settlement Agreement ¶5.2, please remove the reference to the “PAGA Notice.” Released class claims should be limited to the facts and claims alleged in the operative complaint. Also, in the heading of the paragraph, remove the language “Who Are Not Aggrieved Employees” as the release is applicable to all Participating Class Members regardless of their status as Aggrieved Employees.

2.     At Settlement Agreement ¶5.3, the PAGA release should apply to all Aggrieved Employees under the settlement. The reference to “Non-Participating Class Members Who Are…” should be removed from the heading and also from the body of the paragraph. The release is applicable to all Aggrieved Employees regardless of their status as Class Members.

3.     At Settlement Agreement ¶7.5.4, the reference to “Paragraph 5.4” appears to be in error and should refer to “Paragraph 5.3” instead. Please revise.

4.     At Settlement Agreement ¶¶1.39-1.40, the references to “Paragraph 6.2” appear to be in error and should refer to ¶5.2 and ¶5.3, respectively. Please revise.

5.     Once the Settlement Agreement is revised, ensure that the class and PAGA releases disclosed to Class Members in the Class Notice are verbatim to the releases in the Settlement Agreement.

Please modify the Class Notice to match any alterations to the Settlement Agreement.

If the Settlement Agreement is modified pursuant to this checklist, please submit both a red-lined copy showing changes made as well as a clean final version signed by all parties. Please do not submit an addendum in lieu of a full amended settlement agreement including all operative settlement terms.  The Court requests that any revised Settlement and any revised Notice be submitted in two formats: (1) a clean version signed by all parties, and (2) a redlined version highlighting changes made from the current Settlement and Notice.  Both formats should be fully text-searchable.

If Counsel file and serve text searchable supplemental documents correcting the above defects by 12 pm on June 16, 2025, then the Court will grant Plaintiff’s motion at the hearing set for June 17, 2025.

Otherwise, the Court may have to continue the motion.

The Judicial Assistant is to give notice to Counsel for Plaintiff who is ordered to give further and formal notice to all parties.