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Litigation

Apr. 11, 2015

Uber, Lyft decisions spur wave of misclassification suits

Independent contract workers are telling app-based companies they want be labeled as employees.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Jeffry Levin lives in the small Northern California town of Pinole and works as a courier at Try Caviar Inc., a company at which customers use a mobile phone application to get food delivered from restaurants.


Levin sued Try Caviar two weeks ago, claiming the San Francisco-based business mislabeled him an independent contractor when he should be an employee. The classification keeps Levin from enjoy...

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