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Oct. 23, 2007

Judge OKs Class of 6,000 for Suit by Newspaper Carriers

SANTA ANA - Ninety percent of the newspaper industry considers those kids on bikes and men in old cars who throw the paper on the lawn to be independent contractors, not employees.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SANTA ANA - Ninety percent of the newspaper industry considers those kids on bikes and men in old cars who throw the paper on the lawn to be independent contractors, not employees.
      But an Orange County Superior Court judge has ruled that 6,000 former and current carriers can sue the Orange County Register as a class to collect past ...

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