Montero v McMillan's Home Care Agency Inc.

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Montero v McMillan's Home Care Agency Inc. 2011 NY Slip Op 34219(U) August 2, 2011 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: 104779/2010 Judge: Paul Wooten Cases posted with a "30000" identifier, i.e., 2013 NY Slip Op 30001(U), are republished from various state and local government websites. These include the New York State Unified Court System's E-Courts Service, and the Bronx County Clerk's office. This opinion is uncorrected and not selected for official publication. [* 1] 11 • • U • 1\ '. t \ • I~·.·~ t • • •• • • •• ...... · ··P~ESENT: .. ·~···HQ~. PAUL wooteN· · . . '· ... · · · • · '.- . · • Juetlci .., .,. : . ' It .··.·I 11 .:"·:· ·. ~ ... =.· -: ~ ~ ... .; ... · I I I 1, P~RT _L . .\ · · ,•I · .· JOSE51N.A A~··TOLEDO MONTERO, lll.dNldually I I ... ... ' . . · .-aga,nst- • a~~··w~~N.~·~*~tlt~~; : :. . 1 : • •• •• • .... • '. • \•• ·Dtfend•nta. • •,' • • ,•. ' : '' • • r I • '• • • .. . II I . .. · · ' ·, •' • • :".• • '.' " • . . • ·.r.~.• to.Howlog p~~ere.wire read.on this motion by the plalnoft.tor.·cllalS certlflcaflon·and·cr~i• .. rn,otlon by th• defen~ants to dlsmls.1. . . · · . . . .. . · ... I •' • • .. '!' ·:· ... ".. .~ . .:. : : .. • \ I • ·: •• •••••• : I .. .. l 002 ... :. •• ,' .... I' ·. ·. II II . MOTION SEQ. NO. . : M~~IJ..LAN'S tlf?~E. ~~RE ·AGENCY INC• • I I . :10411912~10 I • ' .. . . . : II "' 1, t ·· · : ··and OIJ. behali: of a~I o~ers almllarlv situated, . PlaJlntlff, .. · I t •I 1 t I I .: I '' I .... j . ... • .... "~isU~REME COURT.OF THE STATE. OF NEW YORt(·~:.NEW YOR~:couNT.Y • PAPERS.NUM~E~D . · : 1' . [* 2] ' ' .· I ··... I . ..... I ,.1 • .. ' , , • • '1 ·t· . • ,• I . /: t ' . .. . .. . ~.::.: . . . ·m!oirriom.w~ge o~.little more, were·req,uired·to work long'·'19~·{·:~1te.~ 6Q hours·a w,·eJ<, in·st\ifti ••• • • • • I • • i ..·• I • : .. • I. •• : • • I : : . 'J.· • .. .. ... .... of over 1Ohou.re·, '.without being·paid qve.rtime or addition~l:-Wure tfor. the Jong a~J~s. ~.: · ·: · · : · •• I ••• 1, , · '1 I I I 1; I I I I • ,., ~ I t I I t I I I I If I '. · ·D~n(lants:coiitend that e~en lfsome of the allege~,V~o!~:~ns' occurred·wf!h ~p8ct.to .,. ": ... '1: I .. some' members of the prospective cl~ss, none of them oce0rred with r.esp~pt ~o plamtlff, ·so she .~n~of ~e !l prop~r 'rePres~rit~tive of tJ:te class, and the co~lalnt'· ~US~·~e 'dl$ijiis~e~'.b~~u~e .P.i.~.i~t~· ~,E!rs.~ifh~~ ·11pt-b~en:~Ju.~~· ~~. any of the allege.~ Yi~~~~~~ .·: " :";. .''.i '. ... :. ; · " · • • • • • ' ·: ; · I I " ·: · .···: · Th~ thi-esh01d lsilu~ Is ~hetl\~t plaintiffs should.~ ~~:.ft~ c1aiis,.')6 ti~iig \his . · · . · I· a~lim as repr.esentiitiv8s of a class, 11lalntlffs must esta~liih :tnat:\~Q:~~~:·i;l~ss· ls,&~:~~~er~~s.it. · ". ~ould ·~ ·1~~~C~!c~I to Join all members; (ii) the questioOs 'of l~..y :~~.~~ci. c~~~o~ ·t~.·•ii . j I · m~m~ll- of thti· cl~ss.,~red<>minate over questions of law o~ ~~:~ffOctrnS ·fn~i~;~IJ~. merTibeFS; ••: •• ..:" .'• ,: ::,,~=...~:: "·' •i : ... ' •' ' •, ' ' • I • ' ; , ','•," : • ~· • ·: :, i . 1 : .. 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' ' I I: Nonethelest?, it .seems that right after the action wa' commenced - and .publiciled In · · G~in's .N'eW ¥~11<·.euslnes11 (~e ex~lbit A to Sanier suPQorti~g ~ffli:lei111t).:....:d~~~9~~~.~~~~. · · n~iMn11 ;falnti~. :'vo;~nta~iy dep~eited .funds diriictly ;nt~ plaintifrs~~~D~·.8:~13:~·~~;~~~ly,, . .. . I t •1 'j I',' .. ·1 . t ,'• on such .representing.. paymen.t for all the monies due to her under the c~mfjfaint, ~ased . belated co~.p~nsati.~n d_8fendants a~. ~ow arguing ·tha~ ·Ille. ~':"Pl.~iii~. :mu~t .be_ d:l:mis~Eid ~use.~~~i~t.'..ff .l~~~;~andin~ to R!Pr~~nt the propos~d ~las.~·.•::oe.~~-~ ~~;·.-~· ~~~n '."i~~d . : . : . f :. .·· . [ .. ·: · . . by:antoUlie·wronge allegedly committed by de~endants. .. .. "· .: :·.. 1t l~·~:s~ral~gy.~~~.Qo~ld.p~y pff... ... ,~ " ·~.~~a~·~~ 1~d1~~~~1. stan~ino ·;~ ~ t~~sn~ld r8qUi~~8nt ~~ .m~~~!~ ~·.~Qt1~&:. :;~;~;~tiff·'.. :':. . ". : . :·~ :.- · . must .thaw th*t h~ or"sb~ personally ·~uffer.ed monetary dir,nage·· aS.' a ~~iult .~f. ihe..t~rtsabti~n . ·. . . . .... · . .. . ~ 1 t • • • • • 11 f e t • I t I• '1t' e I • •, , chaftanged .. Th.e ·pr9ce~ural device of a class action may not b.e· J.i~ftd to·boatstt.$·p~•:·~1aiotfff: : •' ,: .· .... ' " .'1 .... ·, ," • ' • • •, '. ' ' : ·,:, • • ·:::•• .:·:·:,... · :.. :: '• o• f I · ..:. : .::~. . . •: • •,, I; 1, . .. .•·. ' .: i~to ·S~andi~g.:whiyh.Js ~t~~rw~~e· la.oki.~g"· {Murray v·Emplre·~~sut:afyce. Co., ~1.5::~02~'.S.~3; -0~5: · :· ·... .=·. >: : ": •,:~I~•''• .:;., "~·· • •# • '::',,, ......... ..· .... '·' [1st·1Dept.1e9·1n· .. '' . •,• ''.' .. \.' ' •: :· •' • • ':'-:;.~:'•t-: :' . . . . ':'.-: '..·\:·,:• • ,'•::'":' •I"• ,::':I ~~~I,, ....... ' ........:i.: ~· ·. ·:'i·:·:.~ . . . . ·<:(.. ·:. ::,..... ". . . ·. . •. . . 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I action u11der the.circumstances . .to conduct a hearing, ·preceded·:by limited· discovery, td ·ts . . . ,. ~ . .ascertain whether def•11d~n~s hav~ in fact defeated this class· ~ctio.n by mootins·..~1.1.t~~ claims • f to'• t ' t I I t• • I I f I ' '4' of the proposed class representative (see Chimenti v. American Express Co., 97 ·AC2d. a'61 [1st I . •I I . . t I • Dept ~983]~ app disrn 61 NY2d 669 [1983)). The hearing ·will al~o delve into·the ~l~ims that. . . . I . . I : '• remain to the potential cla~s members and any settlements with them reached by d~fenda.nts . 'i . (C9'faP.~r8. $im~~ v: Cun11rc[ Pf!e· Ltd, 1~ AQ2d 283, ·2!l9.;290 '11 ~:~p~ ·~·~~))~ "A~8r1t~e· h.f!iarlng ' ... . ' : ' '., : ', ' ' ' ' '' '.. o : : I ' I • • • ' .. • I : • ~' • ', ' ' • ' : ' '' ' I ' · · has concluded, ~ plaintiff still ·has .any::viable claims, whether througt.l-1a clas~ ··aotlon 9r · .. individually, she may amend her complaint accordingly. . :· I Io Accordingly, it is ·. ·' J ·1 •1 • , .. !I·. . ORDERED thaJ both.plaintiffs·.motion and defendant's cross-motion shail be·helm in •' ' I: ' : t • ' \ .... ':, ' • ' ' : • " ' : ' ' ' ,~;::·...... . ·. )~beYtance pencting:·th~.~·~arin$ .ta ~e h.ad h~r.Sund~r~·lt 1.~ ·f~~her.: . . · : . . . : ".· .....:.; ......: :· .... .. o~t=~ED·.th.at the rn~vants ·may.'reqtore...the motioris·to... : ... ·:·.:... . . ..· :·.:· . . -: :: ·:·:··: ..... the.·calen:d~,r·by":fili~g ~ c;ppy of..:.' · ·~ .' :.': ,1 ,· '• ' ' ' • ' ·.',. :,. .: ' ' ' ' " :· ' ' • • • ' ' '1 : ~· ; '1, : • '' • ~ ·: • . ':I • : :. 1 f : •'•' " I •• t f f f ... • t fl I I I Ill I~ : I : 1 1 fl: f I f I f I 1 .. . .. I 1 11 I 11 .... ·;. . i. .. . '1 .· 1 If '':• . 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