Newsome v. Up-To-Date Laundry, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

QUARLES, District Judge.

Pending are defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment and plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. For the following reasons, class certification will be granted as to the liability phase of plaintiffs’ pattern or practice claims, and conditionally granted as to the remedial phase of the trial pending Up-To-Date Laundry’s (“UTD”) completion of class-based discovery. UTD’s motion for summary judgment will be denied.

I. Background

UTD is a commercial laundry that cleans hospital linens. Work conditions at UTD, especially in the soil room where…