Current Cases

Construction

VSS: This case alleges that Defendant Valley Slurry Seal failed to provide employees with meal and rest breaks under California law, failed to provide accurately itemized wage statements and accurately report total hours worked by employees, and failed to pay prevailing wages on public works projects. [COMPLAINT]

Thermasource: This case alleges that Defendant Thermasource failed to pay hourly employees wages and/or overtime pay, failed to provide employees with meal and rest breaks under California law, and failed to provide accurately itemized wage statements and accurately report total hours worked by employees. [COMPLAINT]

Delivery/Transportation

Norco: This case alleges that Defendant Norco failed to pay hourly employees wages and/or overtime pay, failed to provide employees with meal breaks under California law, failed to reimburse for necessary expenses, and failed to provide accurately itemized wage statements and accurately report total hours worked by employees. [COMPLAINT]

Farm Worker/ Agriculture

Giumarra: This case alleges that Defendant Giumarra violated the Migrant and Seasonal Worker Protection Act, breached contracts with employees, failed to pay wages and/or overtime pay, failed to reimburse for expenses, failed to provide meal and rest breaks under California law, and failed to keep accurate information. Trial is currently set for April 3, 2012. [COMPLAINT]

Sun View: This case alleges that Defendant Sunview violated the Migrant and Seasonal Worker Protection Act, breached contracts with employees, failed to pay wages and/or overtime pay, failed to reimburse for expenses, failed to provide meal and rest breaks under California law, and failed to keep accurate information. Trial is currently set for October 4, 2011. [COMPLAINT]

Building Services

Kellermeyer: This case alleges that Defendant Kellermeyer failed to pay hourly employees wages and/or overtime pay, failed to provide employees with meal and rest breaks under California law, and failed to provide split shift pay. [COMPLAINT]

Staffing

Collabrus: This case alleges that Defendant Collabrus failed to provide proper wages and/or overtime and failed to provide proper meal breaks. The named Plaintiff seeks to represent a class consisting of all persons who are employed or have been employed by Defendants and who have worked as "Project Manager, Business Analyst, Consultant, and/or similar title" in the state of California since April 23, 2005. [COMPLAINT]

HealthCare

Total Renal: This case alleges that Defendant Total Renal Care/Davita failed to provide its acute dialysis nurses with proper meal breaks, and failed to provide employees with paychecks that were payable on demand, without discount, because it issued out of state checks to Plaintiff and members of the class for wages earned. [COMPLAINT]

Blue Cross: This case alleges that Defendant Anthem Blue Cross denied ERISA-exempt individual or group policyholders with the right to have artificial disk replacement surgery. Blue Cross claims that the surgery is investigational. The named plaintiff seeks to represent a class of individuals consisting policyholders of BLUE CROSS OF CALIFORNIA dba ANTHEM BLUE CROSS, who were denied the right to have intervertebral disc surgery at one level using the ProDisc L Intervertebral device. [COMPLAINT]

Misclassification

CarMax: This case alleges that Defendant CarMax misclassified its sales associates as exempt, and as a result, failed to provide proper meal and rest periods and denied overtime compensation. This case is currently on appeal. [COMPLAINT]

Overtime

Fry's: This case alleges that Fry's failed to pay wages and overtime pay, failed to provide its hourly employees with rest breaks under California law, and failed to provide accurately itemized wage statements and accurately report total hours worked by employees. [COMPLAINT]

Robbins Bros: This case alleges that Defendant Robbins Bros failed to pay salespersons proper wages and overtime compensation by improperly excluding commissions in the calculation of overtime pay. [COMPLAINT]

Consumer

Gallo: This case alleges that Defendant E&J Gallo defrauded consumers in the marketing and selling of Pinot Noir wine under its Red Bicyclette label that was, in fact, not Pinot Noir. Instead, the wine was cut with cheaper merlot and syrah grapes, leaving consumers to pay for a more expensive wine that they were not actually receiving. [COMPLAINT] [PRESS RELEASE]

Constellation: This case alleges that Defendant Constellation engaged in unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent business practices and deceptive advertising in the marketing and sale of falsely labeled Pinot Noir to consumers. Defendant sold millions of bottles of red wine labeled as Pinot Noir when the bottles of wine were, in fact, illegally cut with cheaper Syrah and Merlot grapes. [COMPLAINT]

Northland: This case alleges that Defendant Northland engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices and false advertising by labeling its juice Products as “100% Juice” when, in actuality, the Products were composed of less expensive apple, grape, and pear juices. As a result of Northland’s misrepresentations, consumers purchased and overpaid for an inferior product. [COMPLAINT]

Retail

Dollar General: This case alleges a collective action nationwide, on behalf of assistant store managers, floating managers, and keyholders. The case claims that these employees were denied overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This case also seeks state class action status under FRCP 23 for the states of New York, Ohio, Maryland, and North Carolina. [FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT]

Fresh & Easy: This is a wage and hour class action brought on behalf of all team leaders and assistant mangers employed by Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, Inc., in the state of California from July 30, 2005 to the present. Plaintiff alleges that Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, Inc., failed to pay all wages due and/or overtime, failed to provide meal breaks, and failed to provide rest breaks in violation of California law. [COMPLAINT]

Meal & Rest Breaks-Restaurants

Del Taco: This case alleges that employees working for Defendant Del Taco in the graveyard shift were not permitted to leave the premises such that taking a meal period was impossible. Plaintiffs seek wages of one hour of pay for each shift they were forced to forgo their meal breaks. [COMPLAINT]

Gas Station

Eastgate Petroleum: This case alleges that Defendant Eastgate Petroleum failed to pay hourly employees proper wages and/or overtime compensation and failed to provide proper meal and rest breaks under California law. [COMPLAINT]

Financial

Aames: This case involves claims on behalf of loan officers for overtime and meal break pay. This case was certified as a class action on May 19, 2008. On May 1, 2009, the Aames's parent company filed bankruptcy. On October 2, 2009, we submitted a claim for $91,662,677.11 into the bankruptcy. While obviously a bankruptcy will require significant reductions, we are confident that the estate will pay out a significant amount to the creditors. [COMPLAINT] [CLAIM FORM]