Villalva
Villalva v. Bombardier Mass Transit Corp.
Opinion
Opinion
Buchanan, J.
Filed 1/21/
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION ONE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
MARK VILLALVA, D082372
Plaintiff and Respondent,
v. (Super. Ct. No. 37-2018-00053809-
CU-JR-CTL)
BOMBARDIER MASS TRANSIT
CORPORATION,
Defendant and Appellant.
BOBBY JASON YELVERTON,
Plaintiff and Respondent,
v. (Super. Ct. No. 37-2018-00053827-
CU-JR-CTL)
BOMBARDIER MASS TRANSIT
CORPORATION,
Defendant and Appellant.
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Robert C. Longstreth, Judge. Affirmed. Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, Bruno W. Katz, and John Guarino for Defendant and Appellant. Letizia Law Firm and Clarice J. Letizia for Plaintiffs and Respondents. Plaintiffs Mark Villalva and Bobby Jason Yelverton are train dispatchers who brought claims for unpaid wages against their employer Bombardier Mass Transit Corporation (“Bombardier”). Rather than going directly to court as they could have, they first decided to seek relief from the labor commissioner using the so-called “Berman” hearing process set forth in