Cotter
Cotter v. Lyft, Inc.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Chhabria, J.
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
Re: Dkt. No. 206
Previously the Court denied preliminary approval of a proposed class action settlement agreement in this case that included $12.25 million in monetary relief, as well as modest nonmonetary relief. The parties have returned with a new agreement that includes $27 million in monetary relief and slightly enhanced nonmonetary relief. Based on the current record, the Court concludes that the new settlement agreement is fair, reasonable, and adequate within the meaning of Rule 23(e)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, the motion for preliminary approval is granted.
*1033 This ruling presumes that the reader is familiar with the background of the. case, which is discussed more fully in the Court’s prior rulings. See generally Cotter v. Lyft, Inc., 60 F.Supp.3d 1067 (N.D.Cal.2015); Cotter v. Lyft, Inc., No. 13-cv-04065-VC, 176 F.Supp.3d 930 , 2016 WL 1394236 (N.D.Cal. April 7, 2016).
I.
The plaintiffs in this case are current or former drivers for Lyft in California. They filed a proposed class action in which they alleged that Lyft violated California law by classifying…