LAGUNA v. COVERALL NORTH AMERICA, INC.

No. 12-55479.

753 F.3d 918 (2014)

Sabrina LAGUNA, an individual; Carlos Acevedo, an individual; Teresa Salas, an individual; Roes 3-50, on behalf of themselves and in a representative capacity for all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Amrit Singh, Objector-Appellant, v. COVERALL NORTH AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation; Allied Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation; Ares Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation; CNA holding corporation, a Delaware corporation; Ted Elliott, an individual; Does 5-50, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon Liss-Riordan (argued), Licthen & Liss-Riordan, P.C., Boston, MA; Monique Olivier , Duckworth Peters Lebowitz Olivier, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Objector-Appellant.

Raul Cadena & Nicole R. Roysdon , Cadena Churchill, LLP, San Diego, CA; L. Tracee Lorens & Wayne Alan Hughes , Lorens & Associates, APLC, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Norman M. Leon (argued), DLA Piper LLP, Chicago, IL; Mazda K. Antia , Cooley LLP (argued), San Diego, CA; Jeffrey A. Rosenfeld & Nancy Nguyen Sims , DLA Piper LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: RONALD M. GOULD and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges, and EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.


OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

This case asks us to decide whether a settlement agreement reached before class certification between Plaintiffs and Defendants is fair, reasonable, and adequate. We agree with the district court that the settlement merits approval, and we affirm.

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Coverall North America, Inc. ("Coverall") is a janitorial franchising company operating in California. Plaintiffs brought...

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