The California Supreme Court Declines to Hold Back The Tide of Overtime Class Actions.

Mondaq Business Briefing,  September, 2004  

Tags: California Supreme Court, class action

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On August 26, 2004, the California Supreme Court released its eagerly awaited opinion in Sav-On Drug Stores, Inc. v. Superior Court, -- Cal.4th --, 2004 WL 1902370 (2004). For several years now, California has been the battleground over a uniquely costly form of employment litigation--one that combines the state's unusually employee-friendly overtime laws with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23-type "opt out" class litigation. Sav-On is the first such class action to make its way to the California Supreme Court.

Employers hoping that the Court would use Sav-On as a vehicle for restricting overtime class ...