Mireya Martinez v. Cencora, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Mireya Martinez (“Plaintiff” or “Martinez”) brought this putative class action against pharmaceutical companies Cencora, Inc., Amerisourcebergen Drug Corporation, Amerisourcebergen Services Corporation, Amerisourcebergen Specialty Group, LLC, and Does 1–50 (collectively “Defendants”), alleging various violations of the California Labor Code and the California Business and Professions Code. ECF 1-4. Plaintiff began working for Defendants in February 2022 as a Warehouse Associate. Id. at 8. Plaintiff alleges that, from the time she began working for Defendants until the time she initiated this lawsuit, Defendants regularly failed to comply with state labor laws. Id. at 8–14. Based on these alleged violations, Plaintiff brings the following causes of action: (1) failure to pay adequate overtime wages (in violation of Cal. Lab. Code §§ 510 & 1198); (2) failure to
1 Plaintiff brings this action on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, defining the proposed class as: “All current and former non-exempt employees of any of the Defendants within the State of California at any time commencing four (4) years preceding the…