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Nature of Suit Code: 445
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Employment
Cause of Action: 42:12101 The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT MONTOYA,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 15cv1269-LAB (JMA)

ORDER PRELIMINARILY APPROVING

vs. THE SETTLEMENT

INTELICARE DIRECT, INC.,

Defendant.

This is a wage and hour case by employees and former employees of Intelicare

Direct, Inc. The Second Amended Complaint (SAC) brings claims for disability discrimination

and for failure to pay wages upon termination. The parties have agreed to abandon the

disability claims and to settle the claims for failure to pay wages upon termination. 

The Court has certified the following class:

all non-exempt employees terminated in California by Intelicare from June

8, 2012 through the Preliminary Approval Date, whose termination dates

precede the dates listed on their Final Paychecks, and who were not paid

any waiting time penalties as required by California Labor Code section 203.

(Docket no. 37, 2:5–8.) Plaintiff's counsel identified the class members by reviewing

Intelicare's employment records and compairing termination dates with the dates of their final

checks.

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On August 8, 2016 the Court held a telephonic hearing on the issue of preliminary

approval of the settlement. For reasons discussed at that hearing, the Court APPOINTS

KCC Class Action Services, LLC as third-party claims administrator, and GRANTS the

parties’ request for preliminary approval, with the following clarifications.

The parties are settling only the “waiting time” claims set forth in the Second

Amended Complaint. Disability-related claims may be settled on an individual basis, but are

not being settled class-wide. Disability-related claims by unnamed class members will be

dismissed without prejudice.

After checks are mailed to class members, the parties have agreed to distribute the

funds from any uncashed checks as permitted under the cy pres doctrine. Before doing so,

however, they must file a notice informing the Court of the total amount of unclaimed funds. 

If the amount is large enough that it can be feasibly distributed to the remaining class

members, the Court may require that rather than cy pres distribution. See Nachshin v. AOL,

LLC, 663 F.3d 1034,1038 (9th Cir. 2011) (cy pres doctrine is primarily applied where proof

of claims is burdensome or the distribution of damages is too costly).

The Court will hold a final approval hearing on the settlement on Monday, December

5, 2016 at 12:15 p.m. Counsel for any named party may appear telephonically. But if they

wish to do so, they should file a notice of intent to appear telephonically and should provide

the Court with a telephone number at which they can be reached, as they did for the

preliminary approval hearing. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 10, 2016

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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