Estrada

Filed 3/23/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

JORGE LUIS ESTRADA et al.,

Plaintiffs and Appellants, G058397, G058969

v. (Super. Ct. No. 30-2013-00692890)

ROYALTY CARPET MILLS, INC., OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

Appeal from an order and judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Randall J. Sherman, Judge. Affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded with directions. Ginez, Steinmetz & Assoc., Rudy Ginez, Jr.; CE Smith Law Firm and Clifton E. Smith for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Baker & Hostetler, Daniel F. Lula, Vartan S. Madoyan and Joseph S. Persoff for Defendant and Appellant.

* * * The plaintiffs in this case were employees at three separate carpet manufacturing facilities operated by defendant Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc. (Royalty), which is now known as Royalty Carpet Mills, LLC. They alleged representative claims 1 under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA; Lab. Code § 2698 et seq.), and class claims primarily based on purported meal and rest period…