Court Approves Class Certification for 4,000 Newspaper Carriers
On Friday, July 22, 2011, the Sacramento Superior Court ruled that 4,000 Sacramento Bee newspaper carriers are entitled to proceed as a class against the Sacramento Bee on claims that they were mislabeled as independent contractors when they truly were employees. Kathleen Dunham of Callahan & Blaine, which represents the carriers, noted that, “Certification of…