Legal Opinion
Chambers v. RDI Logistics, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 16, 2016No. SJC 12080PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
We are called upon in this case chiefly to consider whether G. L. c. 149, § 148B, the independent contractor statute, is preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FA A A A), 49 U.S.C. § 14501(c). The plaintiffs, who contracted with the defendants through small corporations that the plaintiffs apparently formed for this purpose, performed services in Massachusetts as furniture delivery drivers. They brought this putative class action against the defendants under the independent contractor statute, asserting that they had been misclassified as independent…
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