Reyes

Filed 4/29/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

ANGEL D. CHAVEZ REYES, D085178

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v. (Super. Ct. No. CIVDS1911416)

HI-GRADE MATERIALS CO. et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, David S. Cohn, Judge. Appeal dismissed. Bibiyan Law Group, David D. Bibiyan and Henry G. Glitz, for Plaintiff and Appellant. Pope & Gentile and Daniel K. Gentile, for Defendants and Respondents. Plaintiff Angel D. Chavez Reyes (Chavez) seeks to appeal an order denying his motion for class certification in a putative wage and hour class action brought against defendants Hi-Grade Materials Co. and Robar Enterprises, Inc. After the order was entered, Chavez’s individual claims and four representative causes of action under the Private Attorney General Act of 2004 (PAGA) (Lab. Code, § 2698 et seq.) remained pending. On appeal, Chavez argues that the order denying class certification is appealable under the death knell doctrine, which provides an exception to the general rule that interlocutory…