California Court of Appeal

In this class action brought by plaintiff truck drivers for unpaid wages and for failure to provide required meal and rest breaks, judgment in favor of plaintiffs and post-judgment award of attorney fees, litigation expenses, and class representative enhancements to plaintiffs are affirmed, where: 1) applying the California Supreme Court decision in Pac Anchor and the recent 9th circuit decision in Dilts v. Penske Logistics, the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act does not pre-empt California meal and rest break laws; and 2) defendant has made no showing of any imposed conditions or costs upon its prices, or with regard to number of routes, number of additional drivers, tractors, trailers, or other such factors that it could have claimed it would face should it have to comply with state law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/28/2014
• Published 10/28/2014

Judges

• Brick

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel