A dental corporation in California is facing a class-action lawsuit over alleged labor violations, including failure to provide rest and meal breaks, unpaid wages, and other grievances. The complaint was filed by Alexus Garcia on November 14, 2025, in the Superior Court of California for the County of Sacramento against Reeves, D.D.S. and LaValley, D.D.S., doing business as Kids Care Dental & Orthodontics, along with CDC Dental Management Co., LLC.
The plaintiff, Alexus Garcia, who worked as an hourly non-exempt employee from February 2024 to April 2025 at various locations operated by the defendants in Northern California, claims that she and other similarly situated employees were systematically denied their rights under California labor laws. The complaint outlines several allegations including the failure to provide compliant rest periods and meal breaks as mandated by law. “Typically, there was no time left between finishing work on one patient and beginning work on the next,” Garcia states in her complaint. She alleges that this practice prevented her from taking uninterrupted breaks as required by law.
Additionally, Garcia accuses the defendants of failing to pay minimum and overtime wages due to off-the-clock work requirements. She asserts that employees were expected to start working before they could officially clock in and often had to continue working during their meal periods without compensation. The lawsuit also highlights issues with wage statements not accurately reflecting hours worked or applicable rates of pay.
Garcia further claims that employees were forced to use personal cell phones for work-related tasks without reimbursement for expenses incurred—a violation of Labor Code section 2802. This claim underscores a broader accusation that the company failed to reimburse necessary business expenditures.
The lawsuit seeks class certification for all affected non-exempt employees who worked for the defendants in California over the past four years. It demands actual damages for unpaid wages, statutory penalties for labor code violations, injunctive relief to prevent ongoing misconduct, restitution for unfair business practices under Business & Professions Code § 17200 et seq., as well as attorneys’ fees and costs.
Representing Garcia are attorneys Elliot J. Siegel and Melissa R. Rinehart from King & Siegel LLP based in Los Angeles. The case has been assigned Case No. 2Scc*fOe Paap in the Superior Court of California for Sacramento County.
Source: 25CV027592_Alexus_Garcia_v_Reeves_DDS_Complaint_County_of_Sacramento_California.pdf
