California Court of Appeal

In a purported class action against an employer alleging violation of meal and rest break labor laws, a judgment entered in favor of employer along with a denial of plaintiff's motion for class certification are reversed where the trial court erred in: 1) concluding that issue preclusion principles should bar plaintiff's request for class certification under applicable precedents; and 2) finding that individual issues predominated over common issues, class members were unascertainable, and a class action was not the superior method for resolving the litigation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/13/2008
• Published 05/13/2008

Judges

• REARDON, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel Harvey Qualls, Qualls & Workman, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James Putman Carter, Costa Mesa, CA, for Defendant and Respondent.