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Amazon Studios parking production assistants may have some unpaid wages coming to them, thanks to a class action settlement worth more than $517,000.
The Amazon Studios class action settlement resulted from allegations raised by plaintiff Marvelous Solano-Rodriguez, who used to work as a parking production assistant. Other former parking production assistants filed similar claims in separate class action lawsuits.
Solano-Rodriguez says defendant Amazon Studios and several of its affiliated companies failed to pay proper overtime wages to its parking production assistants in New York. He alleges Amazon Studios and the other defendants are in violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and New York labor laws.
Amazon Studios continues to deny the plaintiffs’ claims. The company says it agreed to the settlement solely to avoid prolonging the litigation. The court has made no determination on liability.
Under terms of the Amazon Studios class action settlement, the defendants have agreed to create a settlement fund worth $517,595. This fund will be used to pay distributions to Class Members, named plaintiffs’ service payments, and class counsel’s costs, expenses and attorney fees.
Class Members can get payment by submitting a Claim Form and a copy of an acceptable picture ID by the claim deadline. Individual payments will be determined based on several factors. Estimates of the average payment vary widely, but they could reach into the tens of thousands of dollars.
Who’s Eligible
The settlement Class covers all persons who, according to the Class List that defendants provided the claims administrator, held the position of Parking Production Assistant, also known as PPA, or who provided services as a PPA from March 31, 2011 through March 31, 2017 on any production produced, co-produced, or financed by Amazon Studios LLC, Amazon Content Services LLC, Picrow Inc., Picrow Streaming Inc., Picrow Features Inc., Big Indie Pictures Inc., or one of their subsidiaries or affiliates, as defined in the settlement agreement.
The Class List was generated based on the defendants’ payroll records.
The court also certified a settlement collective for purposes of addressing claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, covering members who worked between March 3, 2014 and March 31, 2017.
Potential Award
Up to $11,395.23.
According to the settlement notice, the average payment for qualifying Class Members who submit a valid and timely claim is expected to range between $69.32 and $11,395.23. The minimum payment will be $50.
Payments will be determined in part by whether the claimant was engaged as a parking production assistant, how many productions they worked on and for how long, and the number of parking production assistants who participate in the settlement.
Proof of Purchase
In addition to the Claim Form, Class Members must submit a copy of a photo identification document such as a passport or driver’s license. The photo ID may be submitted via email, mail, text or fax.
Class Members who are unsure if their photo ID is acceptable may contact the claims administrator to confirm.
Claim Form
NOTE: If you do not qualify for this settlement do NOT file a claim.
Remember: you are submitting your claim under penalty of perjury. You are also harming other eligible Class Members by submitting a fraudulent claim. If you’re unsure if you qualify, please read the FAQ section of the Settlement Administrator’s website to ensure you meet all standards (Top Class Actions is not a Settlement Administrator). If you don’t qualify for this settlement, check out our database of other open class action settlements you may be eligible for.
Claim Form Deadline
4/13/2018
Case Name
Solano-Rodriguez v. Amazon Studios LLC, et al., Case No. 1:17-cv-01587-LGS-RWL, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Final Hearing
5/15/2018
Settlement Website
Claims Administrator
Class Members can contact the claims administrator via email using the contact form on the settlement website.
Solano v. Amazon Studios Claims Administrator
c/o JND Class Action Administration
P.O. Box 6877
Broomfield, CO 80021
phone: 1 (866) 919-5106
fax: 1 (866) 540-4423
info@PPASettlementAmazon.com
Class Counsel
Robert J. Valli, Jr.
Sara Wyn Kane
James A. Vagnini
VALLI KANE & VAGNINI LLP
Defense Counsel
Counsel for Amazon Content Services LLC and Amazon Studios Inc.:
Christopher Parlo
Jason Burns
Chelsea Conanan
MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
Counsel for Big Indie Pictures Inc.:
Brittany Kaplan
Lindsay Warren Bowan Jr.
COWAN DEBAETS ABRHAMS & SHEPPARD LLP
Counsel for Picrow Features Inc., Picrow Streaming Inc., and Picrow Inc.:
Brian Ragen
Seth Pierce
MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP LLP
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