Craig v. Fedex Ground Package System, Inc.

This appeal is from the MDL court’s grant of summary judgment to FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., and denial of summary judgment to the plaintiffs, holding that the plaintiff .drivers were independent contractors as a matter of law under the Kansas Wage Payment Act (KWPA), Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 44-312 to 44-340. See In Re FedEx Ground Package Sys., Inc., 734 F.Supp.2d 557 (N.D.Ind.2010).

After hearing oral argument, we certified two questions to the Kansas Supreme Court: (1) Given the undisputed facts presented to the district court in this case, are the plaintiff drivers employees of FedEx as…