Fred Bowerman v. Field Asset Services, Inc.

\FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FRED BOWERMAN; JULIA Nos. 18-16303 BOWERMAN, on behalf of themselves 18-17275 and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, D.C. No. 3:13-cv-00057- v. WHO

FIELD ASSET SERVICES, INC.; FIELD

ASSET SERVICES, LLC, n/k/a Xome OPINION Field Services, LLC, Defendants-Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California William Horsley Orrick, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 20, 2021 Submission Vacated September 23, 2021 Resubmitted June 23, 2022 San Francisco, California

Filed July 5, 2022

Before: William A. Fletcher, Mark J. Bennett, and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bennett SUMMARY *

Class Action / Attorneys’ Fees

The panel reversed the district court’s class certification order of a class of 156 individuals who personally performed work for Field Asset Services, Inc. (“FAS”), reversed the partial summary judgment in favor of the class, vacated the interim award of more than five million dollars in…