Parker
Parker v. Cherne Contracting Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BEATRICE PARKER, et al., Case No. 18-cv-01912-HSG Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF
v. CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT CHERNE CONTRACTING Re: Dkt. No.
CORPORATION,
11 Defendant. 12 Pending before the Court is the unopposed motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement filed by Plaintiffs. Dkt. No. 93 (“Motion”). Defendant has also filed a statement of non-opposition. Dkt. No. 94. The parties have reached a settlement regarding Plaintiffs’ claims and now seek the required court approval. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ motion. I. BACKGROUND A. Factual Background Plaintiff Parker worked for Defendant as an hourly-paid driver/driver-foreman at the Tesoro refinery in Martinez, California. See Dkt. No. 81 (“Class Cert. Order”) at 2. Plaintiff Gurule worked for Defendant as an hourly-paid pipefitter at the Tesoro refinery in Martinez, …