Garcia

Filed 7/16/15; pub order 7/30/15 (see end of opn.)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

ROMERO GARCIA et al., B248227

Plaintiffs and Respondents, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. NS024850) v.

SEACON LOGIX, INC.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Michael P. Vicencia, Judge. Affirmed. Prima Law Group, Inc., Naveen Madala, Kevin H. Sun and Noah McCall for Defendant and Appellant. State of California, Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, David L. Gurley and Edna Garcia Earley for Plaintiffs and Respondents. Plaintiffs and respondents Romeo Garcia, Eddy Gonzalez, Wilmer Urbina, and Desiderio Aguilar (collectively “respondents”) were truck drivers for defendant and appellant Seacon Logix, Inc. (“Seacon”). Respondents sued Seacon under Labor Code section 28021 for the reimbursement of paycheck deductions, contending that they should have been classified as employees, not independent contractors. Following a bench trial, the trial court agreed and awarded damages for specified…