Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal (“Fifth DCA”) upheld a denial of certification in a putative class action seeking refunds of fines paid under a red light camera ordinance, ruling that the application of the voluntary...more
6/22/2018
/ Appeals ,
Class Certification ,
Fines ,
Florida ,
Municipalities ,
Predominance Requirement ,
Preemption ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Red Light Cameras ,
Superiority Claims ,
Traffic Laws ,
Voluntary Payments
The Third Circuit affirmed an order denying class certification because the plaintiffs failed to provide sufficient evidence of classwide antitrust impact, and thus, could not satisfy Rule 23(b)(3)’s predominance requirement....more
A New Jersey district court denied certification of a putative class of furniture delivery drivers and helpers employed by various transportation companies (the “Driver/Helpers”) and individuals who owned those transportation...more
3/30/2016
/ Class Certification ,
Commonality ,
Corporate Counsel ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Predominance Requirement ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Transportation Industry ,
Wage and Hour ,
Williams-Sonoma
The Central District of California denied certification of a putative nationwide class of mortgagors, holding that numerous individualized issues precludeda finding of predominance, superiority, or ascertainability. In...more