8 results for 'cat:"Jurisdiction" AND cat:"Class Action" AND cat:"Labor"'.
J. Ellis grants a worker’s motion to dismiss a supplemental affidavit in this class action over a home lending company’s alleged violations of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and Illinois Wage and Payment Collection Act. However, the court also dismisses the case for lack of jurisdiction. The members of the class claimed the company fired all of them with no warning and without providing backpay for accrued personal time.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Ellis, Filed On: April 29, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv1839, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: jurisdiction, class Action, labor
J. Sammartino denies the employee's motion to remand a wage-and-hour class action against American Airlines to state court. American Airlines' 10% violation rate to determine the amount of damages is reasonable based on the complaint's "from time to time" and "policy and practice" allegations. Using this violation rate, the amount in controversy comes out to roughly $16 million, which easily clears the $5 million federal jurisdiction hurdle set by the Class Action Fairness Act.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Sammartino, Filed On: March 7, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv1779, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: jurisdiction, class Action, labor
J. Fouratt grants the employees' motion for conditional class certification in a labor case, ruling that while the employer is based in Texas, this court has jurisdiction over the case because the claims presented in the complaint deal exclusively with its contracts governing New Mexico-based employees and will not include individuals who worked in Texas.
Court: USDC New Mexico, Judge: Fouratt, Filed On: January 2, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv252, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: jurisdiction, class Action, labor
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J. Brown grants a car auction company's request to join its New York-based subsidiary as a necessary party to the complaint and subsequently dismisses a tow truck driver's class action New York Labor Law complaint alleging he was paid on a biweekly basis and that the company made unlawful deductions from his pay. The court finds the vast majority of the proposed class members currently live in the state of New York; thus it declines to exercise jurisdiction over their claims under the Local Controversy Exception of the Class Action Fairness Act.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Brown, Filed On: September 21, 2023, Case #: 2:22cv1257, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: jurisdiction, class Action, labor