The West Marin Pharmacy settled claims last month from three former employees who alleged they had not been paid enough for breaks and overtime—but that agreement was rescinded late Wednesday, according to the plaintiffs’ lawyer. As reported by the Marin Independent Journal this week, the state Labor Commission ruled that the workers should receive over $40,000 combined, following a March 2014 hearing that took a year before a decision was made late last month. Though the pharmacy’s co-owner, Zsuzsanna Biran, could not discuss details of the settlement with the Light, she did express “heartbreak” that the three employees, whom she considered family, would seek legal action against her. “We treated them like our own children,” said Ms. Biran, who has co-owned the pharmacy with her husband, Jason Yoon, since 2007. “They were great employees when they were working here.” None of the three women who filed the suit were fired, Ms. Biran said, but instead quit in succession over a year ago. Ms. Biran noted that one of the women was lent around $5,000 for books and educational supplies to be trained as a compound technician, and then took another job at a pharmacy in Novato. It was soon after Ms. Biran attempted to recoup the money she lent by a payment schedule, she said, that the women filed suit. (Three women—Rocio Rodriguez, Marisol Gonzalez and Dulce Alvarado—were awarded sums of roughly $16,000, $9,600 and $18,000, respectively, the Independent Journal reported.) Ms. Biran said she has had to borrow money to pay the settlement, and the costs have forced her to take out a line of credit to pay for pharmacy expenses, a situation she has never before been in since purchasing the store. “It’s terrible what happened,” Ms. Biran said. “This is a mom-and-pop store. It’s a local community resource. It’s not easy for me to come up with all that money.”