Larner

Josephine Lamer, a nurse, sued her former hospital employer for violation of overtime laws, purporting to represent a class of current and former nonexempt employees. The trial court granted in part the hospital’s motion for summary adjudication of Lamer’s claim that the hospital failed to pay for overtime hours. Lamer then amended her complaint, stating individual and class claims for failure to properly calculate overtime pay rates and for failure to keep accurate and complete wage records. The trial court denied Lamer’s motion for class certification. The parties entered into a settlement agreement and stipulated to the entry of final judgment in favor of the hospital. Lamer appeals both the summary adjudication of her overtime hours claim and the denial of her certification motion. We dismiss the appeal as moot.

FACTS

Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Associates, LP, doing business as Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center (hereinafter LAMMC) employed Lamer as a nurse. She regularly worked an alternative work schedule (AWS) of three 12-hour shifts per week (3/12), a total of 36 hours. She also worked some additional hours. Lamer left her job in April 2003.

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