(November 2, 2016, 1:17 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Lawyers representing about 800 current and former employees at five restaurants owned by a single McDonald’s franchisee in California on Oct. 28 filed a motion seeking preliminary approval of a wage-and-hour class action settlement in which McDonald’s would pay the workers $1.75 million in back pay and damages and $2 million in legal fees (Stephanie Ochoa, et al. v. McDonald’s Corp., et al., No. 14-2098, N.D. Calif.)....