A Domino’s Pizza delivery driver has filed a class action lawsuit against MBR Management Corporation for alleged violation of employment law. Shiloh resident Jesse Tourville, for himself and all others similarly situated, filed a complaint on April 11 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against the defendant alleging that the Domino’s Pizza …
DoorDash, the on-demand food delivery service and main competitor to GrubHub (NYSE:GRUB), has come to an agreement in a class-action lawsuit, reports TechCrunch. The lawsuit states that the company misclassified its employees as independent contractors. The company has agreed to pay $5 million to settle the case.
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over the potential of at-home water delivery in Flint. But leaders at a special city council meeting weren’t offering any details on what the settlement will ultimately mean for residents. City council members voted 8-0 March 23 to accept a settlement after U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson in December 2016 appointed Paul Monicatti a …
Based on recent federal court filings in the Central District of California, it appears that plaintiff lawyers have found a new way to threaten retailers with class action litigation. In January of this year, two class action complaints were filed on behalf of consumers who allegedly were charged shipping and handling fees “not reasonably related to Defendant’s actual costs of shipping or …
A lawsuit alleging Cerner Corp. improperly failed to pay hundreds of employees overtime wages has been certified as a class action. Jackson County Circuit Judge W. Brent Powell issued the ruling Tuesday, finding that common issues predominated over individual ones and there were enough would-be class members to warrant class certification. The suit was filed in 2015 by Laura Scott and alleges …
A new federal lawsuit claims Grubhub misclassified its delivery drivers as independent contractors across the country, the latest salvo in a legal battle that has spread across the gig economy. The Chicago-based food ordering and delivery company is also involved in a similar federal case in California that was filed last September. Boston-based attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan, of Lichten & Liss- …