Fleming v. Matco Tools Corporation

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JOHN FLEMING, Case No. 19-cv-00463-WHO 8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ 9 v. MOTION TO APPLY OHIO LAW, OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, TO STAY 10 MATCO TOOLS CORPORATION, et al., PROCEEDINGS 11 Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 55 12 13 Plaintiff John Fleming brings suit on behalf of himself and a putative class of other 14 distributors that he asserts were misclassified as independent contractors, rather than employees, 15 by defendants Matco Tools Corporation, NMTC, Inc., d/b/a Matco Tools, and Fortive Corporation 16…