Kim v. Reins International California, Inc.
Annotate this CaseThe Court of Appeal held that plaintiff's dismissal of his individual Labor Code claims with prejudice foreclosed his standing under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA). In this case, plaintiff filed suit against his former employer, Reins, alleging individual and class claims for wage and hour violations. While arbitration was pending, plaintiff settled his individual claims and dismissed those claims with prejudice. The court explained that plaintiff, by accepting the settlement and dismissing his individual claims against Reins with prejudice, essentially acknowledged that he no longer maintained any viable Labor Code-based claims against Reins. Therefore, plaintiff no longer met the definition of "aggrieved employee" under PAGA.
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