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Parties Involved:
Matthew Ozga
Plaintiff
U.S. Home Services
Defendant
U.S. Remodelers, Inc.
Defendant

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Todd M. Schneider (SBN 158253) 

tschneider@schneiderwallace.com

Carolyn H. Cottrell (SBN 166977) 

ccottrell@schneiderwallace.com

W.H. “Hank” Willson, IV (SBN 233321) 

wwillson@schneiderwallace.com

SCHNEIDER WALLACE 

COTTRELL BRAYTON KONECKY LLP 

180 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Tel: (415) 421-7100 

Fax: (415) 421-7105 

TTY: (415) 421-1665 

Shanon J. Carson (pro hac vice)

scarson@bm.net

BERGER & MONTAGUE, P.C. 

1622 Locust Street 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 

Tel: (215) 875-4656 

Fax: (215) 875-4604 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Matthew Ozga and others 

similarly situated 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MATTHEW OZGA, on his own behalf 

individually and on behalf of others similarly 

situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

U.S. REMODELERS, INC., U.S. 

REMODELERS, INC. dba U.S. HOME 

SERVICES, and DOES 1-25, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:09-cv-05112 JSW

[proposed] ORDER GRANTING 

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR 

PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASSACTION SETTLEMENT, CONDITIONAL 

CERTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENT 

CLASS, APPROVAL OF NOTICE OF 

SETTLEMENT, AND SETTING OF 

HEARING FOR FINAL APPROVAL 

Date: March 5, 2010 

Time: 9:00 am 

Courtroom: 11 

Judge: The Hon. Jeffrey S. White 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT

Ozga v. U.S. Remodelers, Inc., et al., Case No. 3:09-cv-05112 JSW

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AS MODIFIED

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ORDER 

Plaintiff has filed a Motion for Preliminary Approval of class action Settlement. Defendant 

does not oppose the Motion. The Court has considered the papers submitted in support of the 

Motion and the terms of the proposed settlement. Based on the papers and pleadings on file 

herein, the Court hereby finds that the settlement falls within “the range of reasonableness” for 

preliminary approval, and is therefore deserving of preliminary approval. 

As a result, the Court hereby ORDERS as follows: 

1. Preliminary approval of the class action Settlement Agreement, attached as Exhibit 

A to the Motion for Preliminary Approval, is GRANTED; 

2. CPT Group, Inc. is appointed as Claims Administrator and the estimate of the costs 

of claims administration is approved; 

3. For purposes of settling this lawsuit, the Court provisionally certifies the following 

Settlement Class pending final approval of the settlement: 

any individual who was employed by U.S. Remodelers in the State of California in the 

position/job classification of “Installer,” including trainees and/or apprentices for that 

position, at any time between February 17, 2005 and the date of the Preliminary Approval of 

this Settlement by the Court, with the exception of any individuals who choose to be 

excluded from participating in the settlement by timely opting out as provided in the 

Settlement Agreement and Class Notice attached to the Settlement Agreement as Exhibit A; 

4. Plaintiff Matthew Ozga is appointed as the representative of the Settlement Class; 

5. Schneider Wallace Cottrell Brayton Konecky LLP and Berger & Montague, P.C. are 

approved as Class Counsel for the Settlement Class; 

6. The forms of Class Notice and Claim Form, in the form attached as Exhibits A and 

B, respectively, to the Settlement Agreement, are approved; and 

7. The following schedule and procedure for completing the final approval process is 

approved: 

USRI to send $500,000 to Claims Administrator 

for deposit into Qualified Settlement Fund 

Upon execution of Settlement 

Agreement 

Mailing of Class Notices and Claim Forms 10 days after preliminary approval 

Deadline to postmark objections or requests for 30 days after notice mailing 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT

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is

the revised form of notice 

submitted on 2/25/10 is approved.

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exclusion 

Deadline to postmark Claim Form 45 days after notice mailing 

Claims Administrator provides status declaration

to parties and detail of actual administration costs 

7 days before Settlement Fairness 

hearing 

Settlement Fairness (final approval) hearing TBD (no earlier than 101 days after 

notice mailing, to account for 

governmental notice requirement of 

Class Action Fairness Act) 

Effective Date TBD 

USRI to send $1,300,000 to Claims Administrator 

for deposit into Qualified Settlement Fund 

Within 5 business days of Effective 

Date 

Enhancement payments for Ozga and 

Moshkovich 

Within 5 business days of Effective 

Date 

Payment of Plaintiff’s counsel’s attorneys’ fees 

and costs 

Within 5 business days of Effective 

Date 

Payment of Settlement Awards Within 15 business days of Effective

Date 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: ___________________ _______________________________ 

 The Hon. Jeffrey S. White 

 United States District Judge 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT

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The final approval hearing shall be heard on Friday, August 6, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. February 26, 2010

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