Dalton et al v. Lee Publications, Inc. et al

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Case Number:

3:08-cv-01072

Court:

California Southern

Nature of Suit:

Contract: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Gonzalo P. Curiel

Firms

  1. August 18, 2014

    Lee Publications Strikes $3.2M Deal With Paper Carriers

    Lee Publications Inc. agreed to a $3.2 million class action settlement in a 6-year-old suit brought by home-delivery newspaper carriers who said they were misclassified as independent contractors and weren't properly reimbursed for expenses, the workers told a California federal court Friday.

  2. April 26, 2012

    Dukes Doesn't Kill Newspaper Carrier Class In OT Case

    A California federal judge on Monday denied Lee Publications Inc.'s bid to decertify a class of newspaper carriers who say they were misclassified as independent contractors, rejecting Lee's argument that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Wal-Mart v. Dukes doomed the class.

  3. November 22, 2011

    Lee Publications Tries To Scrub Paper Carrier Class

    Lee Publications Inc. on Monday sought to decertify a class of newspaper carriers for the San Diego-area North County Times who were allegedly misclassified as independent contractors, arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court's Dukes decision undermined the rationale behind the court's certification order.