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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

650 California Street

20th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94108.2693

415.433.1940

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MICHAEL E. BREWER, Bar No. 177912

ANGELA J. RAFOTH, Bar No. 241966 

LITTLER MENDELSON

A Professional Corporation 

1255 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600 

Walnut Creek, CA 94597 

Telephone: 925.932.2468 

mbrewer@littler.com

awaggoner@littler.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

C. BROOKS CUTTER, Bar No. 121407

JOHN R. PARKER JR., Bar No. 257761

KERSHAW, CUTTER & RATINOFF, LLP

401 Watt Avenue 

Sacramento, CA 95864 

Telephone: 916.448-9800 

bcutter@kcrlegal.com

jparker@krrlegal.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

JEFFREY A. KLAFTER

SETH R. LESSER

FRAN L. RUDICH

KLAFTER OLSEN & LESSER LLP

Two International Drive, Suite 350 

Rye Brook NY 10573 

Telephone: 914.934.9200 

jak@klafterolsen.com

slesser@klafterolsen.com

frudich@klafterolsen.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CATHERINE WILKIE, individually and 

on behalf of all other similarly situated,

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 2:10-CV-01451-GEB-GGH

Action Filed: June 11, 2010 

 Trial Date: February 5, 2013

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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT PROGRESS

WHEREAS this Court entered an order finally approving the settlement of this matter 

on March 26, 2013; 

WHEREAS the Parties have received information from the court-appointed claims 

administrator, Garden City Group, reflecting the following status of the settlement fund: 

• The Fall 2015 escheatment to the states was completed in the amount of $21,428.19. 

• $53,199.24 remains in the settlement fund and is available for distribution to the cy pres 

beneficiary(ies) upon designation. 

• $1,639.09 from a tax refund and $379.88 remaining from the Employer Payroll Tax Reserve 

will be held by Garden City until April 30, 2016, to satisfy potential tax liabilities on the 

escheated funds, and if remaining thereafter will be distributed to the cy pres beneficiary; 

WHEREAS the Parties have met and conferred regarding potential cy pres 

beneficiaries for the residual fund, and request that the Court approve the following designation: 

• National Employment Law Project – www.nelp.org – On its website, NELP describes its 

efforts as follows:

For more than 45 years, NELP has sought to ensure that America upholds 

for all workers her promise of opportunity and economic security through 

work. NELP fights for policies to create good jobs, expand access to 

work, and strengthen protections and support for low-wage workers and 

the unemployed. We publish research that illuminates workers’ issues; 

promote policies that improve workers’ lives; lend deep legal and policy 

expertise to important cases and campaigns; and partner with allies to 

advance crucial reforms.

NELP works from the ground up to build systemic change. We collaborate 

with community partners on advocacy campaigns, developing and testing 

innovative policy ideas in cities and states, then scaling them up to effect 

change nationally. We partner with advocacy networks grounded in the 

full range of stakeholders—grassroots groups and national organizations, 

worker centers and unions, policymakers and think tanks. 

WHEREAS the Parties understand a further final update to the Court reflecting 

distribution to the cy pres beneficiary and final accounting following the April 30, 2016, final 

resolution of remaining tax obligations will be appropriate; 

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THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that the Parties will 

file a further joint report reflecting final accounting and distributions no later than May 31, 2016. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: December 4, 2015 

/s/ Angela J. Rafoth 

Michael E. Brewer

Angela J. Rafoth 

LITTLER MENDELSON

A Professional Corporation 

Attorneys for Defendant 

GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

Dated: December 4, 2015

 Seth R. Lesser

KLAFTER OLSEN & LESSER LLP

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Based on the foregoing Stipulation of counsel for the parties, and good cause 

appearing, the Court makes the following orders: 

(1) National Employment Law Project is approved and designated as the cy pres 

beneficiary in connection with this matter, and shall receive all disbursements associated with that 

designation; 

(2) The Parties shall file a further joint report no later than May 31, 2016, as to the 

final disbursements and accounting of the settlement 

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