A group of Domino’s Pizza delivery drivers was granted class-action status for a federal lawsuit filed in Minnesota. The drivers allege that Domino’s does not reimburse them for travel expenses, which in turns undercuts the drivers’ ability to earn minimum wage, as required by law. Lawyers for the Minnesota plaintiffs argue that Domino’s policy means…
A worker at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California lost his leg to a carnival ride on the fair’s opening day. Officials say the man, who was not the ride operator, opened a safety gate and stepped in front of the “Wacky Worm” roller coaster. He was struck by the ride and his leg was…
Often when a business dispute arises, the party being sued accepts their role as defendant and takes a defensive stance against the charges levied. At Callahan & Blaine, we discourage our commercial and corporate litigation clients from thinking in narrow terms of “plaintiff” or “defendant.” When your company is attacked, you need a law firm…
Eighty-five construction workers employed by SelectBuild (a subsidiary of BMHC Corporation) in California, Arizona and Nevada filed suit against their employer recently. The workers claimed that their employer cheated them out of pay for hours they had worked by refusing to pay overtime and by not paying for hours worked while employees were either travelling…
Callahan & Blaine is proud to announce that Dan Callahan and Ed Susolik have been named among the top three business, insurance and personal injury attorneys in Orange County, California in the August 2010 issue of OC METRO magazine. The award is based on data from the well-known Internet lawyer rating service Avvo. The Avvo…
We here at Callahan & Blaine are very proud to be able to announce that our very own Dan Callahan and Ed Susolik have both been selected to the “Top 100 Lawyers in Southern California” list for 2010/2011, put out by Super Lawyers Magazine. Unlike some other attorney awards, Super Lawyers uses a rigorous process…
The vast majority of newspapers in the U.S. consider newspaper delivery personnel to be independent contractors – not employees. This means that the newspapers do not have to pay the carriers any employee benefits. But when 6000 current and former carriers from the Orange County (California) Register decided to sue the paper for past employee…
According to a recent article on CNN.com Wal-Mart gender pay lawsuit heads to trial, more than a million former and current employees of Wal-Mart have formed a class action against the super retailer, alleging gender bias against employees in both pay and promotions. In April of 2010 a San Francisco based US court of appeals…
The Federal Court clarified the difference between independent contractors and employees in a key decision: Dalton v. Lee Publications, Inc. The Court found that the newspaper carriers can bring a class action lawsuit against the San Diego newspaper, The North County Times, as employees despite their having signed independent contractor agreements. The Court based its…
