Plaintiffs' Lawyers Representing UPS Supply Chain Solutions Drivers in Labrie et al v. UPS Supply Chain Solutions
The law firm of Leonard Carder, LLP, with offices in San Francisco and Oakland, California, represents Plaintiffs in Labrie et al v. UPS Supply Chain Solutions. This lawsuit seeks overtime compensation, reimbursement of business expenses and related remedies, penalties and pre-judgment interest for UPS SCS drivers classified as "independent contractors."
Leonard Carder is one of the oldest and most pre-eminent law firms in California representing employees and labor unions. Leonard Carder attorneys have extensive experience in class action litigation, securing for countless workers the rights to which they are entitled under federal and state law. Click on Leonard Carder, LLP, to view the Firm's web site.
The Attorneys at Leonard Carder with primary responsibility for prosecuting the Labrie et al v. Supply Chain Solutions case are:
Lynn Rossman Faris. Ms. Faris has been successfully litigating for the rights of workers for 28 years, securing trial verdicts and settlements resulting in millions of dollars being awarded to thousands of workers.
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Ms. Faris is currently lead counsel in a class action lawsuit representing so-called "independent contractor" drivers for FedEx Ground. After a 9 week trial, Ms. Faris, assisted by attorneys from the Leonard Carder firm, secured a verdict declaring that these drivers were treated by FedEx as "employees" and are thus entitled to reimbursement of business expenses under the California Labor Code. FedEx appealed this verdict and the Court of Appeal affirmed the Plaintiffs' victory, and remanded the case back to the trial court, to award the drivers additional damages. Estrada v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., 54 Cal.App.4 th 1 (2007).
Ms. Faris is co-lead counsel in a follow-up series of class action cases against FedEx seeking similar remedies for FedEx Ground drivers in more than 30 states. The cases have been consolidated as a multi-district litigation case in federal District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
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Jennifer Keating. Ms. Keating is the newest member of the Leonard Carder team, joining the firm in February, 2008 after representing workers and labor unions in Toronto, Canada for more than 4 years.
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Eleanor Morton. Ms. Morton has successfully represented working people in litigation in federal and state courts, before federal and state administrative agencies and in mediation and arbitration. Ms. Morton (with Ms. Faris) is currently representing FedEx Ground drivers in more than 30 states in a federal multi-district action challenging the company's misclassification of its drivers as "independent contractors."See In re FedEx Ground Employment Practices Litigation, N.D. Ind., No. 05-MD-527. Ms. Morton served as co-counsel (with Mr. Monrad and other Leonard Carder attorneys) in successful class action lawsuits against Best Buy Stores, Inc. and Extended Stay America, Inc., challenging the misclassification of managers and denial of overtime compensation. See Roberts v. Best Buy, Contra Costa Co. No. C02-01642; Reid v. Extended Stay America, Inc., Alameda Co. No. 2002 055285.Other successful cases litigated by Ms. Morton on behalf of workers include International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots v. Mainella, No. 06-cv-2107, 2006 WL 1466829 (N.D. Cal. May 26, 2006) (enjoining the National Park Service from failing require the payment of prevailing wages to the employees of the successor federal contractor) and International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots v. Rea, Alameda Co. No. RG0625337(obtaining a ruling expanding workers' rights under state prevailing wage laws and resulting in a $5.2 million settlement for unpaid wages).
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Lynn Rossman Faris
Jennifer Keating
Eleanor Morton
Leonard Carder, LLP
1330 Broadway
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Oakland, CA 94612
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