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Labor/Employment

Oct. 4, 2017

Truck driver labor case settles for $7 million

A lawsuit brought by a class of truck drivers has settled for $7 million, including $2.3 million in attorney fees and $1 million in Private Attorneys General Act penalties after five years of litigation and a trip to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Truck driver labor case settles for $7 million
Aashish Desai of Desai Law Firm PC has reached a settlement for a class of truck drivers against Genesis Logistics Inc. in a case that utilitized the Private Attorneys General Act and was appealed to the 9th Circuit.

A lawsuit brought by a class of truck drivers has settled for $7 million, including $2.3 million in attorney fees and $1 million in Private Attorneys General Act penalties after five years of litigation and a trip to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Aashish Desai of Desai Law Firm PC said that the complicated case involved attempts by the defense to pre-empt California labor laws by sending the case to federal court, where a di...

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