Court Grants Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 7.15.15

On July 15, 2015, the San Bernardino Superior Court Granted Plaintiff Lorenzo Rubio's motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement.  Mr. Rubio is represented by Richard E. Quintilone II Esq. of Quintilone & Associates, a leading wage & hour class action law firm in the State of  California. 

The court scheduled a motion for final approval for October 20, 2015 at 8:30 AM. The Court Ordered that Notice shall be mailed to the class by ILYM Group Inc. of Irvine, California. The Notice shall provide the members of the Settlement Class thirty (30) days’ notice of all applicable dates and deadlines to opt out or object to the settlement. 

The Court ordered the Notice will include information regarding the nature of the Litigation; a summary of the terms of the Resolution; the definition of the Settlement Class; a statement that the Judge has preliminarily approved the Resolution; the procedure and time period for objecting to the Resolution, the date and location of the Final Approval hearing; information regarding the opt-out procedure; and Defendant’s calculation of the number of full workweeks that the Settlement Class member has worked as an employee of KTI Incorporated dba Rialto Concrete Products from May 14, 2010 through July 15, 2015. The Settlement specifically excludes all truck drivers covered in the putative class action case entitled Concho, et al. v. Pipeline Carriers Inc. et al., Orange County Superior Court Case No 30-2013-00649600, filed May 10, 2013. 

As a common fund settlement, the class members will not be required to submit a claim for to share in the $550,000 settlement. 

If a Notice is returned from the initial notice mailing, the Settlement Administrator will submit the applicable and available information, including name, Social Security number, and original mailing address, to a company that specializes in address skip tracing in an attempt to locate a more current address.  If the Settlement Administrator is successful in locating a new address, it will re-mail the Notice to the Settlement Class member.  

If you have any questions about the case or have similar claims at your current employer, please feel free to contact:

Richard E. Quintilone II, Esq.

Quintilone & Associates
22974 El Toro Road, Suite 100
Lake Forest CA 92630
Phone 949.458.9675
Fax 949.458.9679 
Email req@quintlaw.com