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Litigation

Oct. 22, 2014

Fresno firm takes on Wal-Mart in class action

Wagner, Jones, Kopfman & Artenian LLP is taking on Wal-Mart over the company's payout structure that compensates truck drivers on a per mile basis. The firm was recently granted certification for a class action case.


By Alex Shively


Daily Journal Staff Writer


An eight-lawyer plaintiffs' firm in Fresno is girding for a class-action wage-theft trial against the world's largest retailer.


Wagner, Jones, Kopfman & Artenian LLP is representing a class of 800 California truckers who contend Wal-Mart Stores Inc. cheated them out of meal and rest breaks and pay for time they waited for their trucks to be loaded. The retailing giant, for its part, argue...

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