Hawkins
Hawkins v. The Kroger Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHAVONDA HAWKINS, on behalf Case No.: 15cv2320 JM (AHG) of herself and all others similarly 12 situated, ORDER ON PRELIMINARY Plaintiff,
APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION
14 v. SETTLEMENT
THE KROGER COMPANY,
16 Defendant. 17 18 Presently before the court is Plaintiff Shavonda Hawkins’ Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement. (“Mot.,” Doc. No. 343). A hearing on the motion was held on June 21, 2021. (Doc. No. 345). For the reasons set forth on the record and as explained in more detail below, Plaintiff’s Motion is GRANTED. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff purchased Kroger breadcrumbs in San Diego about six times per year from 2000 to July of 2015. (Compl. ¶¶ 16, 71-72). Beginning in 2008, the front label of the breadcrumbs read “0g Trans Fat.” (Doc. No. 275-1 at 56-57). On the back of the 27 28 breadcrumbs, the nutrition fact label read “Trans Fat 0g” and included partially hydrogenated…