KIM v. REINS INTERNATIONAL CALIFORNIA, INC.

No. S246911.

9 Cal.5th 73 (2020)

JUSTIN KIM, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. REINS INTERNATIONAL CALIFORNIA, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

Decided March 12, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kingsley & Kingsley, Eric B. Kingsley , Ari J. Stiller and Lyubov Lerner for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Cynthia L. Rice and Javier J. Castro for California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, California Employment Lawyers Association, Consumer Attorneys of California and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Capstone Law, Ryan H. Wu , Melissa Grant and John E. Stobart for Bet Tzedek as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Spencer C. Skeen , Tim L. Johnson , Jesse C. Ferrantella and Jonathan H. Liu for Defendant and Respondent.

Davis Wright Tremaine, Rochelle L. Wilcox , Janet L. Grumer and Aaron N. Colby for Restaurant Law Center, California Restaurant Association and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Fine, Boggs & Perkins, John P. Boggs and Cory J. King for California New Car Dealers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Barbara J. Miller , John D. Hayashi and Thomas M. Peterson for The Employers Group as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Blank Rome, Laura Reathaford and Natalie Alameddine for Association of Southern California Defense Counsel as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

This case presents an issue of first impression: Do employees lose standing to pursue a claim under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA; Lab. Code, § 2698 et seq.)1 if they settle and dismiss their individual claims for Labor Code violations? We conclude...

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