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Timestamp: 2020-03-31 01:20:17
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Fontis Solutions Salesperson Class Action
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Monte v. Image Distribution Services (Fontis Solutions)
Monte v. Image Distribution Services (which does business as Fontis Solutions) is a putative class action against Fontis on behalf of Account Executives in California. It is a salesperson class action against Fontis Solutions brought under California law, filed on September 26, 2016.
Last updated: March 24, 2020 at 19:18 pm
The case is currently in progress. No trial date has been set. The parties are still in the “discovery” phase, meaning that we are gathering information to prepare for trial. When we are able to obtain a trial date, which cannot happen right now due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we will post it here.
Details about class certification and claims not certified.
On January 7, 2019, the court certified the class, but left some issues unresolved. Primarily, the court did not certify the claim for defective paycheck stubs because Plaintiff Monte did not work for Fontis within the one-year statute of limitations period for a claim for penalties for defective paycheck stubs (Lab. Code, § 226(e)). The parties subsequently reached an agreement whereby another plaintiff would be named as a co-class representative with Plaintiff Monte, and this other plaintiff would have standing to pursue the paycheck stub claim. The parties also worked out the language in a class notice that would be sent to the class members.
On June 5, 2019, the court signed the order certifying the class — including the paycheck stub claim — and naming Plaintiffs Monte and Conrad Lund as class representatives. The law firms of Strauss & Strauss and Da Vega Fisher Mechtenberg, LLP now represent the class of “All persons employed by Image Distribution Solutions as Account Executives at any location in California at any time since September 20, 2012” with respect to the claims for deductions from wages, defective paycheck stubs, unfair competition, and the failure to timely pay final wages (claims 2, 4, 5, and 6 as numbered in the following section). The class notice approved by the court was mailed to the class members on June 21, 2019. A copy of the class notice is attached to the order certifying the class, which can be found below.
If you believe you have any claims against Image Distribution Services (Fontis Solutions) for unpaid overtime, unreimbursed job-related expenses, minimum wages, or unpaid rest periods, such claims will not be resolved in this lawsuit, so you should contact Strauss & Strauss and/or Da Vega Fisher Mechtenberg, LLP as soon as possible to discuss your options.
Plaintiff Larry Monte (“Plaintiff”) has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Image Distribution Services (“Fontis Solutions”). Plaintiff seeks to represent all employees who worked for Fontis Solutions as salespersons in California between September 26, 2012 and the present. Plaintiff alleges that he and those similarly-situated employees have not received full and correct pay for all hours worked. The specific claims made are:
Failure to pay overtime premium wages (Labor Code § 510)
Unauthorized deductions from wages (Labor Code §§ 221-224)
Failure to reimburse job-related expenses (Labor Code § 2802)
Unfair competition (Business and Professions Code § 17200)
Pay stub violations (Labor Code § 226)
Failure to timely pay final wages (Labor Code § 203)
Failure to pay minimum wages (Labor Code §§ 1194, 1197, 1194.2)
Failure to provide legally compliant rest periods (Labor Code § 226.7)
Fontis denies Plaintiff’s allegations and contends that it fully complied with California law. Fontis also contends that Plaintiff may not bring his lawsuit as a class action or for the benefit of any employees other than himself.
The Court has not yet decided these issues, but the court has certified a class as to claims 2, 4, 5, and 6.
The case is pending in the Ventura County Superior Court as Case No. 56-2016-00486848-CU-OE-VTA. The case is assigned to the Honorable Kevin DeNoce.
The class is represented by two law firms: Strauss & Strauss, APC and Da Vega Fisher Mechtenberg, LLP.
The court has certified the class. The class is defined as “All persons employed by Image Distribution Solutions as Account Executives at any location in California at any time since September 20, 2012.”
What are the next steps now that the class has been certified?
Now that the class has been certified, the class members must be given notice of class certification. This notice was mailed on June 21, 2019. Class members now have the opportunity to exclude themselves from the class, if that’s something they want to do. They have 30 days from June 21, 2019 to submit their requests to be excluded from the class.
Order Granting Motion for Class Certification, Mailing of Class Notice, and Leave to File Second Amended Complaint
https://www.strausslawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019.06.05-Order-re-Class-Cert-and-for-Leave-to-File-SAC.pdf
https://www.strausslawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019.06.11-P-SAC.pdf