Mealey's (July 31, 2019, 12:34 PM EDT) -- YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — A settlement proposal under which an Ohio-based Panera Bread franchisee will pay up to $4,625,000 to end collective and class wage claims brought by assistant managers was granted preliminary approval by a federal judge in Ohio on July 26 (Erin Kis, et al. v. Covelli Enterprises, Inc., Nos. 18-54 and 18-434, N.D. Ohio, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125005)....