Kloppel v. Sears Holdings Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK MIKE KLOPPEL, et al., Plaintiffs, Case # 17-cv-6296-FPG-MJP v. DECISION AND ORDER HOMEDELIVERYLINK, INC. Defendant. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Mike Kloppel and Adam Wilson (“Plaintiffs”) filed this putative class action on May 9, 2017, alleging that Sears Holding Corporation and Sears, Roebuck & Company (collectively, “Sears”) and Defendant HomeDeliveryLink (“HDL” or “Defendant”) misclassified them as independent contractors and took deductions from their wages in violation of New York Labor Law (“NYLL”). See ECF No. 1. On July 7, 2017,…