Court of Appeal Delivers On Newspaper Carrier Misclassification Case

On July 2, 2012, the California Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court ruling denying class certification to a group of newspaper carriers claiming they were misclassified as independent contractors.  In Sotelo v. Medianews Group, Inc., the Court of Appeal concluded that plaintiffs’  proposed class of newspaper carriers could not be certified because the class was not ascertainable and common issues of law and fact did not predominate. 

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