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Labor/Employment

Aug. 2, 2012

Judge tosses class claims after employer settles with individual plaintiffs

After an employer took steps to settle claims with its workers, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has thrown out a major piece of a proposed wage-and-hour class action at a relatively early stage .


By Brian Sumers


Daily Journal Staff Writer


After an employer took steps to settle claims with its workers, a Los Angeles County judge has thrown out a major piece of a proposed wage-and-hour class action at a relatively early stage.


In a somewhat unusual ruling issued Monday, Superior Court Judge William F. Highberger found that Utah-based landlord Apartment Management Consultants LLC could avoid discovery because it proactively settled wage c...

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