Flores v. Velocity Express, LLC

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Re: ECF No. 241

JON S. TIGAR, United States District Judge

Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment as to misclassi-fication and willfulness. ECF No. 241. The Court will grant the motion in its entirety.

I. BACKGROUND

In this collective action, Plaintiffs allege that Defendants violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and California law by misclassifying their drivers as independent contractors. The following facts are undisputed except where noted.

A. Defendants

Beginning in December 2009, Defendant…