Torok

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAWRENCE TOROK, Plaintiff, No. C 24-01645 WHA

v.

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

VERTIV CORPORATION, CLASS CERTIFICATION Defendant.

17 INTRODUCTION In this proposed wage-and-hour class action, plaintiff moves for class certification under FRCP 23(b)(3). Because of plaintiff’s criminal history, he is unfit to serve in a fiduciary capacity and his motion to represent a class is DENIED. 22 STATEMENT Defendant Vertiv Corporation produces commercial and industrial infrastructure (power and thermal management systems for data centers, for example) and provides onsite service and maintenance of the same. Vertiv’s California non-exempt employees can be categorized generally as “office employees” (those who perform various administrative functions from San Diego and Calexico) and field employees (those who travel to customer properties to perform maintenance and installation…