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California Truckers Win $28M in Employment Class Action Settlement
This is a settlement for the Employment lawsuit.
Los Angeles, CA: A $28 million settlement has been reached in an employment class action lawsuit pending against Schneider National Carriers Inc. The lawsuit was brought by more than 6,000 California truck drivers who alleged the company had violated state wage-and-hour laws and failed to provide meal and rest breaks.
The plaintiffs are California-based truckers who worked for Schneider as intermodal, dedicated or regional drivers from November 2004 to the present. As a class, they have asked the court to approve the settlement, thereby ending the litigation which began in 2008.
Under the proposed terms, 73 percent of the $28 million, or about $20.5 million, will be paid to settle claims made by the so-called dedicated and intermodal driver subclasses. The remaining $7.56 million would be used to settle the claims of the regional driver subclass.
"This settlement represents a substantial recovery for the class, and a well-crafted compromise of the divergent positions of the parties,"the motion states, and: "clearly meets, and exceeds, the standards for preliminary approval." A final hearing is scheduled for late September.
The case is Morris Bickley et al. v. Schneider National Carriers Inc., case number 4:08-cv-05806, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Published on Sep-3-15
The plaintiffs are California-based truckers who worked for Schneider as intermodal, dedicated or regional drivers from November 2004 to the present. As a class, they have asked the court to approve the settlement, thereby ending the litigation which began in 2008.
Under the proposed terms, 73 percent of the $28 million, or about $20.5 million, will be paid to settle claims made by the so-called dedicated and intermodal driver subclasses. The remaining $7.56 million would be used to settle the claims of the regional driver subclass.
"This settlement represents a substantial recovery for the class, and a well-crafted compromise of the divergent positions of the parties,"the motion states, and: "clearly meets, and exceeds, the standards for preliminary approval." A final hearing is scheduled for late September.
The case is Morris Bickley et al. v. Schneider National Carriers Inc., case number 4:08-cv-05806, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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