Wellons
Wellons v. PNS Stores, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 S. WELLONS, et al., Case No.: 18-CV-02913-RSH-DEB
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
v. APPROVAL OF PAGA
SETTLEMENT
PNS STORES, INC., et al.,
Defendants. [ECF Nos. 296, 307, 321]
17 On February 16, 2023, Plaintiffs filed a motion for approval of the settlement of their 18 claims under the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), California Labor Code § 2698 19 et seq. ECF No. 307. Defendants join Plaintiffs’ motion, submitting that the proposed 20 PAGA settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable. ECF No. 309. The Parties’ negotiated 21 settlement agreement and general release of Plaintiffs’ PAGA claims (hereinafter, the 22 “Settlement”) states that Defendant Big Lots Stores, LLC will pay $3,000 to resolve the 23 PAGA claims. ECF No. 307-5 at 1. Of this amount, $2,250 will be paid to the Labor and 24 Workforce Development Agency (the “LWDA”) and the remaining $750 will be allocated 25 in equal shares of $68.18 to Plaintiffs Samye…