Driver et al v. Appleillinois, LLC

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:06-cv-06149

Court:

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit:

710(Labor: Fair Standards)

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Honorable Geraldine Soat Brown

Firms

  1. June 16, 2014

    Applebee's Franchisee Reaches $2.7M Settlement In Wage Row

    An Illinois federal judge on Friday preliminarily approved an approximately $2.7 million settlement that will put to bed wage and tip claims lodged by former employees of a now-bankrupt Applebee's International Inc. franchisee.

  2. January 09, 2013

    Judge Trims State Claim From Applebee's Wage Suit

    An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday issued a mixed ruling in a class action brought by former Applebee's International Inc. franchisee workers against AppleIllinois LLC, denying the employer's bid to nix a federal wage law claim but finding a state law claim asserted by the workers wasn't up to snuff.

  3. March 02, 2012

    Dukes Doesn't Bar Class Cert. In Applebee's Worker Suit

    An Illinois federal judge upheld certification of a class of former Applebee's International Inc. franchisee workers Friday, finding that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes did not apply to the class in question.

  4. January 25, 2012

    Applebee's Workers Say Dukes Doesn't Bar Class Cert.

    A class of former restaurant workers hit back Tuesday at a bid by an Applebee's International Inc. franchisee to decertify their class in Illinois federal court in the wake of stiffened certification standards the U.S. Supreme Court imposed last year in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes.

  5. August 30, 2011

    Applebee's Owner Asks To Nix Class In Tipping Row

    The owner of more than 30 Applebee's restaurants in Illinois asked a federal judge on Monday to decertify a class of former tipped employees who allege the chain improperly tabulated their pay, staking its argument on a U.S. Supreme Court victory for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

  6. March 04, 2010

    Ill. Applebee's Servers Win Class Cert. In Tipping Case

    A federal judge has granted class certification to a group of up to 10,000 former servers, bartenders and hosts who worked for an Illinois franchisee of Applebee's International Inc. in a suit alleging the company wrongly deducted a tip credit from their wages.