Judge: William D. Claster, Case: 16-00893360, Date: 2022-09-22 Tentative Ruling

Plaintiff Rachael Sequi's Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement ROA 495

Plaintiff’s motion for final approval of class action settlement is GRANTED.  The Court approves the following distributions:

1.    Attorney’s fees in the amount of $318,609.78, representing 1/3 of the adjusted GSA of $955,829.34.  (For fee recovery purposes, the adjusted GSA represents a common fund that excludes employer-side taxes.)  The Court finds this amount to be a reasonable result in light of the quality of the result obtained, the work performed by class counsel, a review of the billing records provided, and the estimated lodestar.  In approving this amount and examining the billing records provided, the Court is not necessarily approving the hourly billing rates proposed by class counsel.

2.    Litigation costs in the amount of $18,967.11, the full amount sought, to be split per counsel’s bills.

3.    Administration costs in the amount of $10,500.

4.    An enhancement of $5,000 to Segui.  In making this award, the Court has considered only the factors set forth in Golba v. Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (2015) 238 Cal.App.4th 1251 and Clark v. Am. Residential Servs. LLC (2009) 175 Cal.App.4th 785.

Pursuant to CCP § 384(b), Plaintiffs shall submit to the Court a final report on or before April 28, 2023 setting forth the actual amounts paid to class members and other amounts disbursed pursuant to the settlement.  Upon receiving the report, the Court will determine whether further reports and/or a hearing will be necessary.

Please submit a revised proposed order that conforms to the foregoing and includes the name of the one class member who opted out.