Tentative ruling issued by Judge Randa Trapp on Dec. 08, 2017 in San Diego County, CA - Case no: xxxxxCTL

MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT by plaintiff Jeff Vizgart and defendant Employers Resources Management Company is GRANTED.

Plaintiff's PAGA claim alleges "Defendants' failure to provide duty-free meal and rest breaks, failure to provide accurate wage statements, failure to reimburse employee expenses, failure to pay overtime, failure to comply with itemized employee wage statement provisions, failure to pay wages owed, and failure to pay all wages due upon termination entitle Plaintiff to recover civil penalties as aggrieved an employee on behalf of himself and other current and former similarly situated employees of Defendants, pursuant to Labor Code, § 2699(f)." (FAC at ¶ 73)

The court approves the settlement between plaintiff and defendant Catalina Offshore Products, Inc. as to PAGA claims. (Labor Code § 2699)l)(2)) The parties settled for $40,000 and allocated $1,000 to PAGA claims because discovery revealed plaintiff's PAGA claims were inaccurate and the ….....