Saranay Sonny Ballungay v. Ricoh USA, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
This is a putative wage-and-hour class action brought by Plaintiff Saranay Sonny Ballungay against his former employer, Defendant Ricoh USA, Inc. (See Compl. ¶ 8, Ex. 1 to Notice of Removal (“NOR”), Doc. 1.) Plaintiff seeks to represent himself and “all similarly situated aggrieved service technicians employed by Defendant in California during the four years preceding the filing of this complaint to the present.” (Id. ¶ 17.)
Plaintiff’s claims arise out of Defendant’s alleged practice of “requir[ing]” service technicians to drive their personal vehicles “from their homes to and from customer sites while transporting the necessary tools and equipment to do the job.” (Id. ¶¶ 9, 24.) Plaintiff alleges that he and the proposed class members “work[ed] in excess of 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week” during “all relevant periods” but that Defendant did not ______________________________________________________________________________