Karl

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES KARL, Plaintiff, No. C 18-04176 WHA

v.

ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC., et ORDER RE MOTION FOR FINAL al., SETTLEMENT APPROVAL AND 14 MOTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES Defendants.

16 INTRODUCTION In this employment misclassification action, defendant medical-device company classified its sales associates as independent contractors, depriving them of various employee benefits. The parties now move for final approval of their class settlement and class counsel move for attorney’s fees and costs. To the extent stated, the motions are GRANTED. STATEMENT Prior orders detailed our facts (Dkt. Nos. 127, 169, 204). In brief, plaintiff James Karl sued defendant medical-device corporation Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. in its various corporate forms for misclassifying him and other sales associates as independent contractors. After nearly three years of litigation that included…