Legal Opinion
Lawson v. Grubhub, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided February 8, 2018No. Case No.15–cv–05128–JSCPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY, United States Magistrate Judge
Raef Lawson worked as a restaurant delivery driver for Grubhub in Southern California for four months in late 2015 and early 2016. He complains that Grubhub improperly classified him as an independent contractor rather than an employee under California law and in doing so violated California's minimum wage, overtime and employee expense reimbursement laws. He brings his claims in his individual capacity and as a representative action pursuant to the California Private Attorney General Act (PAGA). The critical question is whether under…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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