Lopez
Lopez v. Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ARNULFO LOPEZ, Case No. 5:24-cv-07582-PCP
Plaintiff,
ORDER REMANDING CASE TO
v. STATE COURT
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, Re: Dkt. Nos. 7,
INC.,
11 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Arnulfo Lopez, a former employee of defendant Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., brings this putative wage and hour class action on behalf of persons employed by Advanced Drainage Systems as hourly or non-exempt employees during the four years before the filing of the complaint. He asserts nine causes of action: (1) failure to pay minimum and straight-time wages in violation of California Labor Code § 1194 and applicable Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) Wage Orders; (2) failure to pay overtime wages in violation of California Labor Code §§ 510, 1194, 1198, 204, and the applicable Wage Order; (3) failure to provide meal periods in violation of California Labor Code §§ 512, 226.7, and section 11 of the applicable Wage Orders; (4) failure to provide rest periods…