Roy Woods v. Securitas Technology Corporation, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Southern District of California approved a settlement of Roy Woods’s individual claims against Securitas Technology Corporation and granted his request to dismiss the PAGA cause of action. The court dismissed the PAGA claim with prejudice as to Woods and without prejudice as to other allegedly aggrieved employees, while taking no action on the remaining causes of action.

Holdings

1. California Labor Code section 2699(s)(2) requires the court to review and approve a settlement of a civil action filed under PAGA.
2. The court approved the settlement because its structure appeared fair and reasonable under PAGA and released only Woods's individual claims without affecting other potentially aggrieved employees or the State of California.
3. The PAGA claim was dismissed with prejudice as to Woods himself and without prejudice as to any other allegedly aggrieved employee.

Questions Presented

1. Whether California Labor Code section 2699(s)(2) required the court to review and approve the proposed settlement associated with dismissal of the PAGA cause of action.
2. Whether the proposed settlement was sufficiently fair and reasonable to approve under PAGA.
3. Whether Woods's PAGA claim should be dismissed with prejudice as to his individual claims and without prejudice as to other allegedly aggrieved employees.

Disposition

other