Vigil
Vigil v. Hyatt Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOE VIGIL, Case No. 22-cv-00693-HSG
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
v. Re: Dkt. No. 44 HYATT CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.
12 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s unopposed motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement. See Dkt. No. 44. The Court held a hearing on the motion. For the reasons detailed below, the Court GRANTS the motion. I. BACKGROUND A. Factual Allegations Plaintiff Joe Vigil worked as a security officer at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco hotel from approximately February 2001 to November 2020. Dkt. No. 44-2, Ex. C (“SAC”) at ¶¶ 2, 23.1 Plaintiff alleges that he and putative class members were not properly compensated for their work. See id. at ¶¶ 23–26. Specifically, Plaintiff contends that Defendants Hyatt Corporation and Grand Hyatt S.F., LLC had a uniform policy of requiring employees to work off the clock. Id. at ¶ 26. Employees were not…