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#Current class actio lawsuits trial#

The class has been certified, and the Court of Appeals issued a published decision in February 2019 confirming that Evergreen did not have a right to compel arbitration. Evergreen, covers the Emergency Department, where nurses continue to miss meal and rest breaks on a regular basis. Evergreen, covered nurses in all departments and was finally settled in 2017 for $1.5 million. BJT represents nurses at Evergreen Hospital who were denied meal and rest breaks.

#Current class actio lawsuits trial#

That appeal is expected to be resolved in 2021, and a ruling from the trial court should follow soon after. The Washington Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have now ruled in favor of the workers, and the case is now on appeal again regarding an arbitration agreement Xerox raised in 2020. A class was certified in 2014, but Xerox appealed.

BJT and co-counsel Toby Marshall represent over 5,000 current and former employees of Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) and its successors Xerox Business Services LLC, challenging their “Activity Based Compensation” or “ABC” compensation plan, because it did not pay the workers for all of the time they worked.

Affected workers received compensation in 20.

BJT represented call center workers at Web.com in Spokane, Washington to enforce Washington State’s Paid Sick Leave law, which requires that workers’ commissions be factored into the pay they receive for sick leave.

The court approved that settlement payments were issued to class members in Spring 2020. While additional appeals continued, we reached a global settlement of both cases, for a total of $12.5 million. Garda appealed the judgment in Hill, but the workers prevailed in all respects. That case was stayed pending the completion of the Hill case. Garda CL Northwest, seeking damages for missed breaks after February 2015. After a trial on damages, the class was awarded over $8 million for missed breaks between 2006 and February, 2015. After initial appeals the workers won summary judgment in May 2015. Garda CL Northwest,filed in 2009, court certified the class in July 2010.

#Current class actio lawsuits drivers#

We represented armored car drivers in Washington who had been denied meal and rest breaks.

BJT recently resolved a decade-long dispute against armored car company Garda CL NW.

The parties reached a $375,000 settlement in 2019 and checks were mailed to class members in December 2019.

Our client claimed the employers failed to provide the workers with lawful meal and rest breaks. BJT along with the Fair Work Center represented fence installation workers who worked for Emerald City Statewide LLC, Emerald City Fence Rentals, LLC, and/or Statewide Rent-a-Fence, Inc.The Court is expected to approve the settlement in April 2021, and payments should be sent to class members in May 2021. The case was filed in March 2020 and settled for $230,000 in November. Breskin Johnson & Townsend represents Washington security employees of the concert promoter AEG Presents NW for missed rest and meal breaks.All qualified workers were mailed notice in January, with the option to join the case.

The lawsuit is pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. We claim this violates the Fair Labor Standards Act because the workers were “engaged to wait” in the interest of the employer. Many times, the workers went days without pay. We represent fish processors who worked in Alaska for E & E Foods aboard the F/V Beagle, who were required to remain aboard the ship for weeks, ready to work, but were only paid during the hours that there were fish to process. Violations of Securities Laws and Duties to Shareholders.Unfair and Deceptive Consumer Practices.Please contact us if you have questions about a potential class action.īelow are some recent or pending class actions we have handled. Over the past 20 years, we have recovered millions of dollars for employees, consumers, and others who were victims of wage theft, discrimination, unlawful dismissal, employee retaliation, and other practices. When these companies commit wrongs against a large group of individuals in the same manner, a class action is often the best and sometimes the only way to hold them accountable. BJT is a leader in Washington prosecuting class actions against employers, insurers, and other corporations.