Don't add the beginning slash

app/models/Component.php

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-	use \Watson\Validating\ValidatingTrait;
+	use Watson\Validating\ValidatingTrait;
 
 	class Component extends Eloquent implements \Dingo\Api\Transformer\TransformableInterface {
 		use ValidatingTrait;

app/models/Incident.php

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <?php
 
-	use \Watson\Validating\ValidatingTrait;
+	use Watson\Validating\ValidatingTrait;
 
 	class Incident extends Eloquent implements \Dingo\Api\Transformer\TransformableInterface {
 		use ValidatingTrait;
-		use \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletingTrait;
+		use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletingTrait;
 
 		protected $rules = [
 			'user_id'   => 'required|integer',

app/models/Metric.php

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-	use \Watson\Validating\ValidatingTrait;
+	use Watson\Validating\ValidatingTrait;
 
 	class Metric extends Eloquent implements \Dingo\Api\Transformer\TransformableInterface {
 		use ValidatingTrait;

app/models/Subscriber.php

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
-	use \Watson\Validating\ValidatingTrait;
-	use \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletingTrait;
+	use Watson\Validating\ValidatingTrait;
+	use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletingTrait;
 
 	class Subscriber extends Eloquent {
 		use ValidatingTrait;

app/models/User.php

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 
-	use \Illuminate\Auth\UserTrait;
-	use \Illuminate\Auth\UserInterface;
-	use \Illuminate\Auth\Reminders\RemindableTrait;
-	use \Illuminate\Auth\Reminders\RemindableInterface;
+	use Illuminate\Auth\UserTrait;
+	use Illuminate\Auth\UserInterface;
+	use Illuminate\Auth\Reminders\RemindableTrait;
+	use Illuminate\Auth\Reminders\RemindableInterface;
 
 	class User extends Eloquent implements UserInterface, RemindableInterface {