Alvarez v. May Deptartment Stores Co.

Opinion

SUZUKAWA, J.

Plaintiffs and appellants, 1 56 past and present “Area Sales Managers” (ASM’s) employed by defendant and respondent The May Department Stores Company (respondent), alleged both individual and class action claims for failure to pay overtime compensation (Lab. Code, §§ 1194, 1198), conversion, violation of the unfair practices law (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.), and violation of the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (Lab. Code, § 2698 et seq.). Based on the doctrine of collateral estoppel, the trial court sustained without leave to amend respondent’s…