Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. v. Blury-Losolla

VOIGT, District Judge.

Appellees are five former" insurance agents. Appellants are affiliated insurance companies which were appellees’ employers. Appellees brought suit on behalf of themselves and as a class action on behalf of approximately 10,000 other similarly situated former insurance agents across the country, seeking damages for the alleged breach of their respective employment contracts. After extensive discovery, and after the district court certified the class, appellants filed a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The district court found “to a legal…