Judge: William D. Claster, Case: 21-01194814, Date: 2022-09-22 Tentative Ruling

Plaintiffs Larissa Marantz and Morghan Gill's Notice of Motion and Motion for Order Granting Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement   ROA# 89

The Court has reviewed the supplemental briefing filed in response to the minute order of August 26, 2022.  The motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement is GRANTED as to the current version of the parties’ settlement agreement.  The Court also approves the current version of the class notice.

The motion for final approval shall be heard on March 24, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. in Department CX104. Moving papers are due 16 court days before the hearing.

Please note the following items that are to be addressed in the final approval papers:

1.            At final approval, please submit contemporaneously made billing records for attorney’s fees and costs.  The Court will not be inclined to award an amount of fees and costs greater than the amount stated in the notice.

2.            At final approval, please submit billing records for administrative costs.  The Court will not be inclined to award administrative costs in an amount greater than the amount stated in the notice.

3.            At final approval, Plaintiffs are to provide declarations addressing the enhancement 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, including the amount of time and effort spent on the litigation. 

4.            At final approval, the administrator is to provide a high, low, and average for individual settlement payments, along with plaintiff’s individual payout.

Please submit a revised proposed order that conforms to the foregoing, includes the date of the final approval hearing, and updates all dates that are calculated in reference to the date preliminary approval is granted.