Howell
Howell v. Leprino Foods Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 ANDREW HOWELL, on behalf of CASE NO. 1:18-cv-01404-AWI-BAM himself and on behalf of all other similarly situated individuals
ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
Plaintiff FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION AND ON
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO STRIKE
v.
LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY, a (Doc. No. 84, 93) Colorado Corporation; LEPRINO FOODS DAIRY PRODUCTS COMPANY, a Colorado Corporation; and DOES 1–50, inclusive,
Defendants
14 15 Plaintiff Andrew Howell (“Howell”) filed suit against two cheese manufacturing companies, Leprino Foods Company and Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company (collectively, “Leprino”), alleging that Leprino violated California wage-and-hour laws by enforcing policies and practices that are facially unlawful and that deprive hourly employees of timely and compliant meal and rest periods. Howell worked as an hourly employee for Leprino from August 1987 to March 2015. Currently before the Court are two motions: (1) Howell’s motion for class certification, 23…