Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers Local Union No. 98 v. Farfield Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 2, 2019No. CIVIL ACTION No. 09-4230PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
KEARNEY, DISTRICT JUDGE
Electrical contractor The Farfield Company moves to dismiss arguing a federal court may not decide whether it misclassified its union electricians because the Department of Labor declined to resolve this worker classification issue which it claims is central to a False Claims Act case. The Farfield Company argues the misclassification claims are "nonjusticiable" without the Department of Labor's determination. We agreed with The Farfield Company as to a need for the Department of Labor to initially review this issue within its expertise. The Plaintiff inexplicably…
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