Taylor
Taylor v. Populus Group, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEFFREY TAYLOR, Case No. 20-cv-0473-BAS-DEB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY
APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION
POPULUS GROUP, LLC, et al.,
SETTLEMENT
Defendants. (ECF No. 54)
17 On December 20, 2019, Plaintiff Jeffrey Taylor filed a putative class action complaint in San Diego Superior Court against Defendants Populus Group, LLC (“Populus”) and Neutron Holdings, Inc., dba Lime (“Lime”). (Compl., Ex. A to Not. of Removal, ECF No. 1-2.) Populus removed the action to federal court. (Not. of Removal, ECF No. 1.) The operative Complaint alleges: (1) failure to pay minimum and regular wages for all “hours worked” in violation of California Labor Code §§ 1194, 1194.2, and 1197.2; (2) failure to pay overtime wages in violation of California Labor Code §§ 510 and 1194; (3) failure to provide accurate itemized wage statements showing all “hours worked” 26 …