Rickey Henry v. Central Freight Lines, Inc.

MEMORANDUM **

Defendant-Appellant Central Freight Lines (“CFL”) appeals the district court’s order remanding this case to California state court for lack of jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”). At issue here is whether CFL carried its burden of establishing that CAFA’s amount-in-controversy requirement is satisfied. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(2). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1453(c)(1), and we reverse and remand.

CFL is a company that provides transportation services in North America. Henry worked for CFL as a truck driver from April 2014 to February 2015. Henry…