United States Ninth Circuit

The district court's order denying class certification in action brought by plaintiff-employees alleging defendant-employer violated California's labor laws, is reversed and remanded, where: 1) the district court applied the wrong legal standard and abused its discretion when it denied class certification on the grounds that damages calculations would be individual; and 2) the district court abused its discretion by finding that the class would be unmanageable despite the record’s demonstration to the contrary.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/28/2013
• Published 05/28/2013

Judges

• PREGERSON

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel