September 20, 2021
The Ninth Circuit on Monday partially tossed a bellwether ruling that a former Grubhub driver is an independent contractor ineligible for overtime pay and other benefits, finding that the lower court needs to take another look because the California Supreme Court now holds that its Dynamex three-prong test applies retroactively.
April 05, 2021
The California Supreme Court's holding that its Dynamex decision applies retroactively gives a clear path forward to a former Grubhub driver's attempt to undo a bellwether ruling that he is an independent contractor ineligible for expense reimbursement and overtime pay, the driver has argued in a Ninth Circuit filing.
May 24, 2019
A recent Ninth Circuit ruling that the California Supreme Court's Dynamex decision making it harder for businesses to classify their workers as independent contractors applies retroactively isn't relevant to a former GrubHub driver's wage suit, GrubHub has told the appeals court, arguing the company couldn't have predicted the "sweeping change" in the law.
January 17, 2019
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others have told the Ninth Circuit that upending a California federal judge's finding that an ex-GrubHub driver was an independent contractor and not an employee would devastate internet and gig-economy businesses that rely on independent contractors.
January 10, 2019
GrubHub told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday that the California Supreme Court's Dynamex ruling establishing a new worker classification standard doesn't disturb a federal judge's finding that an ex-driver was an independent contractor and not an employee in a proposed class action over unpaid wages and overtime.
January 01, 2019
Wage-and-hour lawsuits challenging the independent-contractor classification of drivers in the commercial trucking, delivery and ride-hailing industries and lawsuits concerning arbitration and class action standards are among the court battles that transportation attorneys will keep their eye on in 2019.
November 29, 2018
A California federal judge on Wednesday declined to vacate her February finding that a former GrubHub driver was an independent contractor rather than an employee, but acknowledged that the California Supreme Court's Dynamex ruling might have changed the outcome of the case had it been handed down earlier.
November 13, 2018
A former Grubhub Inc. driver asked the Ninth Circuit on Friday to reverse a finding that he's an independent contractor and not an employee, insisting the worker classification standard set by the California Supreme Court's Dynamex ruling upended it.
September 19, 2018
GrubHub Inc. on Tuesday slammed a former driver's attempt to persuade a California federal court to reconsider its finding that he was an independent contractor rather than an employee, saying he can't use the California Supreme Court's Dynamex ruling to thwart his ongoing Ninth Circuit appeal.
September 04, 2018
A former driver for GrubHub seeking reconsideration of the determination that he is an independent contractor rather than an employee asked a California federal court Saturday to decide whether his case should be reviewed in light of the California Supreme Court's Dynamex decision.