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Employment Law
Fair Labor Standards Act
Labor Code Violations

Nicola Covillo, Troyreac Henry, and John Chisholm v. Specialty’s Café and Bakery Inc., Craig Saxton

Published: Nov. 16, 2013 | Result Date: Oct. 25, 2013 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: 4:11-cv-00594-DMR Settlement –  $2,000,000

Court

USDC Northern


Attorneys

Plaintiff

David S. Harris
(North Bay Law Group)

James D. Rush
(Rush Injury Law)

Alan Dale Harris

David S. Zelenski
(Zelenski Law PC)


Defendant

Punam Sarad

Steven Koyanagi

Robert M. Pattison

Francis J. Ortman

Justin T. Curley
(Seyfarth Shaw LLP)

Emily Barker

David Allswang

Ronald Martinez


Facts

Nicola Covillo, Troyreac Henry, and John Chisholm filed a class action against Specialty's Cafe and Bakery Inc. Plaintiffs were all hourly workers at Specialty's, who worked as team lead, customer service associate, and delivery driver.

Contentions

PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiffs asserted that Specialty's violated the California Labor Code and California's Unfair Competition Law. They did so by failing to pay minimum wage and overtime, failing to pay wages upon termination, failing to provide accurate pay stubs, failing to maintain accurate payroll time records, failing to provide rest periods, failing to provide medal periods, improper wage deductions, failing to reimburse business expenses, and other unfair business practices.

DEFENDANT'S CONTENTIONS:
Specialty's denied plaintiff's allegations.

Result

The parties settled for $2 million.


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