Alexander W. Jackson v. Marten Transport, Ltd.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff is a former driver for Defendant. Compl., Dkt. No. 1-2, 4 7. On August 22, 2024, Plaintiff filed this wage and hour class action against Defendant alleging: (1) failure to pay minimum wages; (2) failure to provide meal periods; (3) failure to provide rest periods; (4) failure to furnish accurate itemized wage statements; (5) waiting time penalties; and (6) violation of California’s Unfair Competition Act (“UCL”). See generally id. Plaintiff seeks to represent “all current and former California employees of Defendant Marten Transport, Ltd., employed in California, at any time beginning four (4) years prior to the filing of the

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Complaint through the date notice is mailed to the Class (the ‘Class Period’), and who drove a truck for Defendant.” Id. ¶¶ 3, 24.

There are currently several wage and hour class actions that are pending against Defendant: the Allen/Martinez, Hayes, Morrison/Loper, and Mora Actions. Mot., Dkt. No. 15, at 2-6. “Of the five previously filed class actions, four are pending in California state court—with two of the actions coordinated by the…