Patel v. 7-Eleven, Inc.

GORTON, United States District Judge

This is a putative class action brought by Dhananjay Patel, Safdar Hussain, Vatsal Chokshi, Dhaval Patel and Niral Patel (collectively "plaintiffs") on behalf of individuals who have acquired franchises from 7-Eleven, Inc. ("7-Eleven") in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plaintiffs allege *247that 7-Eleven and two 7-Eleven market managers, Mary Cadigan and Andrew Brothers (collectively "the individual defendants"), 1) misclassified its franchisee convenience store workers in Massachusetts as independent contractors instead of employees in violation of the…