Gustavo Soto v. Tech Packaging, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
On August 9, 2019, Plaintiff commenced this putative class action in the San Bernardino County Superior Court. (Complaint (“Compl.”) (Docket No. 1-4)). The Complaint contains the following allegations: Plaintiff, a California resident, worked for Defendant as a non-exempt, hourly employee from September 2017 to July 2018. (Compl. ¶¶ 5, 18). Defendant is a corporation that is incorporated under the laws of Florida and maintains its ______________________________________________________________________________
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL
Case No. ED CV 19-1766-MWF (SHKx) Date: December 3, 2019 Title: Gustavo Soto v. Tech Packaging, Inc. et al. headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida. (See Declaration of Allison Boever (“Boever Decl.”) ¶ 3 (Docket No. 1-2)). Plaintiff alleges that Defendant “engaged in a pattern and practice of wage abuse against [its] hourly-paid or non-exempt employees within the State of California,” (Compl. ¶ 25), by failing to provide Plaintiff and the putative class with (1) minimum wages for all regular hours worked (id. ¶ 78); (2) compensation for all overtime hours worked (id. ¶ 53); (3)…