Lawson
Lawson v. Grubhub, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RAEF LAWSON, Case No. 15-cv-05128-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S STANDING
v. TO PURSUE PAGA PENALTIES
AFTER EFFECTIVE DATE OF
GRUBHUB, INC., et al., PROPOSITION 22 Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 369, 371
12 Raef Lawson brings a representative PAGA claim alleging Grubhub unlawfully classified its food delivery drivers as independent contractors and as a result failed to reimburse them for necessary expenses, pay them minimum wage, and pay them overtime wages. (Dkt. No. 41 ¶ 33.)1 Following oral argument on January 31, 2024, the Court stayed Lawson’s overtime and expense reimbursement claims pending final adjudication of the remaining minimum wage claim because Lawson lacks Article III standing to pursue PAGA penalties for violations he did not personally suffer. (Dkt. No. 367.) On the issue of whether Lawson lacks Article III standing to pursue penalties for minimum wage violations, if any, that…