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May 22, 2015

No Wishes Granted for Aladdin—Class Cert Denied

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In the Central District of California—often known as a magical kingdom for plaintiffs in wage-hour lawsuits—Judge Fernando Olguin brought everyone back to reality by denying class certification. Plaintiff Aladdin Zackaria alleged Wal-Mart incorrectly classified its Asset Protection Coordinators (“APC”) as exempt and moved to certify a class of all APCs that worked in California. After a close inspection of the evidence presented by Wal-Mart, however, Judge Olguin found the disparate experiences of APCs at different Wal-Mart stores prevented the case from being resolved by “common proof on a class-wide basis.”

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