Litigation
Sep. 29, 2015
McDonald's joint employer lawsuit lives to see another day
Northern District judge nearly tosses closely watched suit, but rules that a Bay Area franchisee could merely be the ostenisble employer of the fast food workers.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A seminal lawsuit asserting McDonald's Corp. shared blame for a Bay Area franchisee's
purported misdeeds survived a judge's ruling on Friday by the skin of its teeth.
U.S. District Judge James Donato spent most of his 17-page ruling explaining why the
Illinois-based fast food empire is not jointly liable for 13 alle...
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