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California Supreme Court

Mar. 6, 2014

State high court skeptical of bank employee class action award

The state Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to throw out a $15 million judgment awarded to 260 bank employees who claimed that they were wrongly classified and therefore unable to take advantage of California's overtime laws.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The state Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to throw out a $15 million judgment awarded to 260 bank employees who claimed that they were wrongly classified and therefore unable to take advantage of California's overtime laws. But the justices seemed to want to sidestep most of the big picture questions in the case that had generated friend of the court briefs from groups as far ranging as the U.S. Chamber...

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