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Labor/Employment

Jul. 15, 2015

Class certification precedents wanted

Lawyers on both side of the fence are crying out for more state appellate court guidance on class certification.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A state court of appeal panel appeared to make a seminal ruling last year on what
it takes to certify a class of employees: In rejecting California Pizza Kitchen Inc.
wait and cook staff's request to proceed as a class of 20,000 in a working off-the-clock
suit, Justice Joan D. Klein said "only 42 of the 89 declarations" and not &q...

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