Okeke v. Dynamex Operations East, Inc.

Curran, Dennis J., J.

This lawsuit arises from the Messrs. Okeke, Paquiot and others’ work for Dynamex Operations East, Inc. Dynamex characterizes their service as that of independent contractors, while the plaintiffs maintain that they should have been classified as employees under G.L.c. 149, §148B. The defendants have submitted a motion for summary judgment, in which they contend that section 148B is preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994, 49 U.S.C. §14501 (referred to as the Act). This Court joins in the unanimous consensus of every other state and the…