California Court of Appeal

Where plaintiff's alleged that defendant wrongfully failed to pay overtime wages to class members, the trial court abused its discretion in granting class certification, because whether the class members were exempt from overtime wage laws, involves individual fact questions that predominate over undisputed common issues, rendering class action treatment inappropriate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/19/2002
• Published 04/19/2002

Judges

• CHARLES S. VOGEL, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, W. Randolph Teslik, Joel M. Cohn, William A. Norris, Los Angeles, Rex Heinke, Beverly Hills, L. Rachel Helyar, Encino, and Sandra M. Lee for Petitioner., Law Offices of Steven Drapkin and Steven Drapkin, Los Angeles, for Employers Group as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner., RighettiWynne, Matthew Righetti, and Edward J. Wynne, San Francisco;  Daniels, Fine, Israel & Schonbuch, Scott A. Brooks, and Craig S. Momita, Los Angeles, for Real Parties in Interest., Saperstein, Goldstein, Demchak & Baller, David Borgen, and Laura L. Ho, Oakland, for Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California, the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco-the Employment Law Center, La Raza Centro Legal, Inc., and the Women's Employment Rights Clinic-Golden Gate University School of Law as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.