Kudatsky
Kudatsky v. Tyler Technologies
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
INTRODUCTION
17 In this wage-and-hour class action, defendant technology company allegedly 18 misclassified employees, depriving them of overtime and other wages. Parties now move for 19 final approval of their settlement and plaintiffs move for attorneys’ fees and costs. To the 20 extent stated, the motions are GRANTED.
STATEMENT
22 Prior orders detailed the facts involving our now-familiar plaintiffs, implementation 23 consultants (ICs) and defendant software company, Tyler Technologies, Inc. (Dkt. Nos. 98, 24 130). Since then, the notice process appears to have reached all 295 putative class members, 25 by either First Class mail or email. Class counsel received no objections. Two class members 26 opted out for a total of 99.3% participation in this settlement. The total settlement fund now 27 comes to $3,258,313.61 (Brome Final. App. Decl. ¶¶ 2–3; Brome Decl. Re Class Service Provisions (“Brome Addendum Decl.”) ¶ 9). Additionally, two class members disputed Tyler’s calculations of their dates of employment and settlement payments. In response, parties met and conferred. Tyler determined that it had used “incomplete employment data”…