Mealey's (October 30, 2018, 9:07 AM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A California federal judge on Oct. 23 declined to approve a $450,000 proposed settlement in a wage-and-hour dispute by a class of dairy farm workers, citing a problematic structure coupled with a federal claim that wasn’t added until after the state court where the case was originally filed denied preliminary settlement approval back in 2017 (Jose Maciel, et al. v. Bar 20 Dairy, LLC, et al., No. 17-902, E.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 181956)....