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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards

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LITTLER MENDELSON

5200 North Palm Avenue

Suite 302

Fresno, CA 93704 2225

559 244 7500

R. BRIAN DIXON, Bar No. 076247

SPENCER H. HIPP, Bar No. 090485

LITTLER MENDELSON

A Professional Corporation

5200 North Palm Avenue

Suite 302

Fresno, CA 93704.2225

Telephone: 559.244.7500

Facsimile: 559.244.7525

Attorneys for Defendant

ROBERT P. BONSALL, Bar No. 119261

JASON RABINOWITZ, Bar No. 183822

COSTA KERESTENZIS, Bar No. 186125

BEESON, TAYER & BODINE, APC.

520 Capitol Mall, Suite 300

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: 916.325.2100

Facsimile: 916.325.2120

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

RAYMOND JEANES and LAWRENCE

HEFFINGTON on their own behalf and on

behalf of a class of similarly situated

persons pursuant to F.R.C.P. 23 and 29

U.S.C. 216, and on behalf of the general

public,

Plaintiffs,

v.

PRODUCERS DAIRY FOODS, INC., a

California corporation,

Defendant.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 1:05-CV-00484 DLB

L JUDGMENT

Date: November 9, 2007

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Courtroom 9

Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Beck

The matter having come before the Court for hearing on November 9, 2007, pursuant

to the Order Granting Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement ("Preliminary Order") of

this Court dated June 22, 2007, and for approval of the settlement as set forth in the Parties'

Stipulation Regarding Settlement ("Settlement Agreement"), filed with this Court on May 23, 2007,

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LITTLER MENDELSON

5200 North Palm Avenue

Suite 302

Fresno CA 93704 22Z5

559.244 7500

and due and adequate notice having been given to the Settlement Class as required by the

Preliminary Order, and the Court having considered all papers filed and proceedings had herein and

otherwise been fully informed, and good cause appearing therefor,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECLARED that:

1. All terms used herein shall have the same meaning as defined in the

Settlement Agreement. For the purposes of this Order and Final Judgment, and consistent with the

Settlement Agreement, the term "Settlement Class" means those Eligible Class Members who are or

were employed by Producers Dairy Foods, Inc. ("Defendant") as Route Sales Drivers or Relief

Drivers and who worked more than forty (40) hours per week or more than eight (8) hours in a work

day during the Class Period (as defined in the Settlement Agreement) but were not paid overtime

compensation under Federal or California law, and/or who were not provided meal periods or rest

periods during any work day, and who were not paid one additional hour of pay for each work day

that the meal or rest period was not provided under California law.

2. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of the Collective Action

and the Rule 23 Class Action and over all Parties to the Collective Action and Rule 23 Class Action,

including all Members of the Settlement Class.

3. Notice to the Settlement Class, including the mailing of the Class Notice, the

Claim Form, and the Request for Exclusion Form, as set forth in the Settlement Agreement, has been

completed in conformity with the Preliminary Order, including individual notice to all Settlement

Class Members who could be identified through reasonable effort. The Court finds that said notice

was the best notice practicable under the circumstances. The Class Notice provided due and

adequate notice of the proceedings and of the matters set forth therein, including the proposed

settlement set forth in the Settlement Agreement, to all persons entitled to such notice, and the Class

Notice, Claim Form and Request for Exclusion Form fully satisfied the requirements of due procbss.

4. This Court hereby approves the settlement set forth in the Settlement

Agreement including the settlement awards, released claims and other terms therein, and finds that

the Settlement Agreement is, in all respects, fair, reasonable and adequate to the Parties and directs

the Parties to effectuate the settlement according to its terms. The Court also finds that the

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5200 North Palm Avenue

Suite 302

Fresno, CA 93704 2225

559.244.7500

Settlement Class is properly certified as a class as part of this settlement, as separate lawsuits by

Settlement Class Members would create a risk of imposing incompatible standards of conduct on

Defendant through inconsistent adjudications, and because Defendant has acted (or refused to act) on

grounds generally applicable to the Settlement Class, so that relief with respect to the Settlement

Class as a whole is appropriate.

5. All Class Members who either: (a) sent a timely Proof of Claim Form; or

(b) failed to send either a timely Proof of Claim Form or Request for Exclusion Form are hereby

deemed to have waived and released all Settled Claims and are forever barred and enjoined from

prosecuting the Settled Claims against the Released Parties.

6. Within ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, Defendant shall pay Class

Counsel the sum of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000) as attorneys' fees, and the sum of Twenty

Thousand Seventy Six Dollars and thirty seven cents ($20,076.37) as costs for prosecution of the

Class Action.

7. Within ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, Defendant shall pay the two

Named Plaintiffs and others the premium payments as follows: (1) a premium payment of Four

Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) to Raymond Jeanes and Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) to

Lawrence Heffington, less applicable local, state and federal income and payroll taxes and other

deductions authorized or required by federal, state and local law; and (2) Defendant shall distribute

$7,400.00 in equal shares to each non-class representative actually deposed, less applicable state and

federal withholding tax, applicable payroll deductions, other deductions required by state and local

law, and social security withholdings.

8. The Settlement shall proceed as directed in the Implementation Schedule in

the Preliminary Approval Order, and no payment to Eligible Class Members, no premium payment

to the Named Plaintiffs or others, and no attorneys' fees and costs to Class Counsel shall be made

until after the Effective Date.

9. The Settlement Agreement is not an admission by Defendant nor is this Order

and Final Judgment a finding of the validity of any claims in the Collective Action and Rule 23

Class Action or of any wrongdoing by Defendant. Furthermore, the Settlement Agreement is not a

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5200 North Palm Avenue

Suile 302

Fresno, CA 93704.2225

559 244 7500

concession by Defendant and shall not be used as an admission of any fault, omission or wrongdoing

by Defendant. Neither this Order and Final Judgment, the Settlement Agreement, any document

referred to herein, any exhibit to any document referred to herein, any action taken to carry out the

Settlement Agreement, nor any negotiations or proceedings related to the Settlement Agreement are

to be construed as, or deemed to be evidence of, or an admission or concession with regard to, the

denials or defenses of Defendant, and shall not be offered in evidence in any action or proceeding

against the Parties hereto in any Court, administrative agency or other tribunal for any purpose

whatsoever other than to enforce the provisions of this Order and Final Judgment. This Order and

Final Judgment, the Settlement Agreement and exhibits thereto, and any other papers and records on

file in the Collective Action and Rule 23 Class Action may be filed in this Court or in any other

litigation as evidence of the settlement by Defendant to support a defense of res judicata, collateral

estoppel, release, or other theory of claim or issue preclusion or similar defense as to the Settled

Claims.

10. Neither the terms of this Settlement Agreement nor the Settlement Award paid

to Named Plaintiffs or any Eligible Class Members shall have any effect on the eligibility or

calculation of employee benefits of the Named Plaintiffs or Eligible Class Members. The Parties

agree that any Settlement Awards paid to Eligible Class Members under the terms of this Settlement

Agreement do not represent any modification of any Eligible Class Member's previously credited

hours of service or other eligibility criteria under any employee pension benefit plan, employee

welfare benefit plan or other program or policy sponsored by Defendant. Further, the Settlement

Awards shall not be considered "compensation" or "annual earnings for benefits" in any year for

purposes of determining eligibility for, or benefit accrual within, an employee pension benefit plan,

employee welfare benefit plan or other program or policy sponsored by any of the Released Parties.

11. The Class Action is hereby dismissed with prejudice, provided however, and

without affecting the finality of this Order and Final Judgment in any way, this Court hereby retains

continuing jurisdiction over: (a) interpretation, implementation and enforcement of the settlement;

and (b) enforcement and administration of the Settlement Agreement.

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LITTLER MENOELSON

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

5200 North Palm A v en us

Suite 302

Fresno, CA 93704 2225

559.244.7500

12. If the settlement does not become final and effective in accord with the terms

of the Settlement Agreement, this Order and Final Judgment shall be rendered null and void and

shall be vacated, and in such event, all orders entered, including, but not limited to any dismissal and

all releases delivered in connection therewith, shall be null and void.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated Desember 12: ,2007

DENNIS L. BECK

MAGISTRATE JUDGE OF THE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Firmwide:82375276.1 009370.1029

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