Legal Opinion
Cotter v. Lyft, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided August 7, 2014No. Case No. 13-cv-04065-VCPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
VINCE CHHABRIA, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Patrick Cotter and Mejandra Maciel, two former drivers for Lyft, Inc., bring this putative nationwide class action against Lyft under California’s wage and hour laws. Specifically, the plaintiffs allege that: (i) California law requires Lyft to treat all drivers throughout the nation as employees rather than independent contractors; and (ii) because Lyft classifies and pays these drivers as independent contractors, it is depriving them of California’s minimum wage, along with other *1061rights that California law confers upon…
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