Effective enforcement of the wage-and-hour laws depends heavily on upholding the certification of class actions in appropriate cases. Employers often try to delay progress of class suits by seeking to appeal class certification orders in advance of trial.
Daniel B. Edelman, head of the Firm’s appellate practice group, is active in defending the issuance of class certifications in wage-and-hour cases. Mr. Edelman took the lead in preparing a brief, filed April 7, 2009, defending a California trial court’s order that allowed class treatment of a truck driver’s claims against WinCo Foods LLC. The suit, captioned WinCo Foods LLC v. The Superior Court of California, Joseph Trujillo, Real Party in Interest, Case No. F057233(Calif. Ct. of App., Fifth App. Dist.), claims that the company failed to allow employees to take meal and rest breaks as required by California law. Mr. Edelman is joined in filing the brief by Craig Ackermann of Ackermann & Tilajef, P.C., of Los Angeles, California.
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- Read the full appellate brief