Hahn v. Hanil Development CA2/3
Myung Ja Kang and 93 other unnamed class members (objectors), appeal from a judgment approving the settlement of a class action lawsuit and dismissing the action brought by plaintiffs and respondents Harry Hahn and James Hong (representative plaintiffs) against defendants and respondents Hanil Development, Inc. and Aroma Spa & Sports, LLC (defendants).
Before we can reach the merits of the objectors’ challenges to the trial court’s approval of the settlement, we address as a threshold matter whether the objectors have standing to prosecute this appeal. Only a “party aggrieved may appeal” from a judgment. (Code Civ. Proc., § 902.) The objectors, however, did not intervene in the action. Nor did the objectors take any other steps to become parties of record, ask to be named as class representatives, or demonstrate any willingness to take on the responsibilities and risks of the representative plaintiffs.
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