In a wage and hour action against a taxicab company claiming that the company’s leases wrongfully classified lessees as independent contractors rather than employees, a denial of class certification is affirmed where the purported class would be unmanageable, and common questions did not predominate over individual issues, given differences among lessees’ situations.
Read Ali v. U.S.A. Cab. Ltd., No. D052127
Appellate Information
Filed August 24, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge McConnell
Counsel
For Appellants:
Stephen J. Schultz, Marks, Golia & Finch, LLP, San Diego, CA
Bernard F. King, III, Marks, Golia & Finch, LLP, San Diego, CA
For Respondents:
Paul Kissel, Borton Petrini, LLP, San Diego, CA
Jonathan P. Geen, Borton Petrini, LLP, San Diego, CA
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