Garcia
Garcia v. Central Coast Restaurants, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JENNIFER GARCIA,
Case No. 18-cv-02370-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR
CENTRAL COAST RESTAURANTS, CLASS CERTIFICATION
INC., et al.,
Defendants.
15 I. Introduction This putative class action avers violations of California laws concerning meal periods and rest breaks by Defendants Central Coast Restaurants, Inc. (“CCR”) and Yadav Enterprises, Inc. (“Yadav”) in their operation of franchise Jack in the Box restaurants in Northern California. Proposed class representative and lead plaintiff Jennifer Garcia, who worked at a CCR-owned Jack in the Box restaurant in Salinas, California in 2015 and 2016, moves for class certification. She proposes two subclasses: one for employees who experienced meal period violations, and one for employees who experienced rest break violations. Defendants argue Plaintiff has failed to meet 24…