Roe

Roe v. Jose Torres L.D. Latin Club Bar, Inc

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaAugust 27, 20203:19-cv-06088California6,423 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division JANE ROE, Case No. 19-cv-06088-LB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING FINAL

v. APPROVAL

JOSE TORRES L.D. LATIN CLUB BAR, Re: ECF No.

INC,

15 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION This is a wage-and-hour and employee-misclassification case. It is a putative collective action under the Federal Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., and a putative class action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.1 The plaintiffs, current and former exotic dancers, claim that their employer, defendant Jose Torres L.D. Latin Club Bar, Inc, d/b/a Hanky Panky Club, misclassified them as independent contractors under the FLSA and California law and so failed to pay them requisite compensation. The parties settled their case, and the court granted the plaintiff’s unopposed motion for preliminary approval of the proposed settlement.2

26 1 Second Am. Compl. (“SAC”), Ex A to…

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