EASTERDAY v. USPACK LOGISTICS LLC

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:15-cv-07559

Court:

New Jersey

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Robert B. Kugler

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  1. February 17, 2023

    NJ Delivery Workers Seek Approval Of $2.8M Wage Settlement

    A group of delivery workers alleging they were misclassified as independent contractors and shorted overtime asked a New Jersey federal judge Friday to approve a $2.85 million settlement that would provide about $5,000 in back wages per each class member.

  2. March 23, 2022

    Delivery Co. Can't Force Arbitration Of NJ Wage Claims

    A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday said US Pack Logistics LLC cannot compel individual arbitration of wage claims raised in a proposed class action, saying an arbitration agreement failed to spell out that a delivery driver was giving up his right to bring certain disputes in court.

  3. July 01, 2021

    Delivery Co. Can't Force Wage Suit Into Arbitration

    A delivery company can't send a former drivers' proposed wage and hour class action into arbitration, because the arbitration agreement was not clear enough, a New Jersey federal magistrate judge ordered.

  4. January 08, 2021

    Driver Tells Judge To Toss Delivery Co.'s Arbitration Bid

    A former driver urged a New Jersey federal magistrate judge to reject a delivery company's bid to force his proposed wage and hour class action into arbitration, saying the court has yet to resolve an identical request the company filed five years ago.

  5. December 07, 2020

    NJ Delivery Co. Can Renew Arbitration Bid In Wage Spat

    A New Jersey federal judge revived US Pack Logistics Inc.'s bid to force arbitration in a delivery driver's proposed wage and hour class action, finding that the state Supreme Court recently reinforced employers' arbitration agreements under Garden State law, even for transportation workers engaged in interstate commerce.

  6. May 26, 2020

    NJ Delivery Co. Fights For Arbitration In Wage Spat

    US Pack Logistics Inc. has told a New Jersey court that a federal magistrate judge should've ordered arbitration in a delivery driver's proposed wage and hour class action, saying the driver is not a transportation worker engaged in interstate commerce who'd be exempt from arbitration.