Yucesoy
Yucesoy v. Uber Technologies, Inc.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Chen, J.
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs Hakan Yucesoy and Abdi Ma-hammed drove for Defendant Uber Technologies, Inc., in Massachusetts between 2012 and 2014. See Docket No. 27 (First Amended Complaint) (FAC) at ¶¶ 5-6. In June 2014, Plaintiffs filed this putative class action lawsuit in Massachusetts Superior Court, alleging that Uber and individual defendants Travis Kalanick and Ryan Graves 1 violated numerous provisions of Massachusetts law, including misclassifying drivers as independent contractors and failing to remit gratuities to drivers. See Docket 1-1. Defendants removed the case to federal court in Massachusetts, and the case was subsequently transferred to this Court pursuant to the *1262 forum selection clause in Uber’s contracts with Plaintiffs. Docket No. 14.
Plaintiffs filed a seven-page amended complaint on February 26, 2015. Docket No. 27. The First Amended Complaint alleges the following causes of action against all Defendants on behalf of a putative class of Uber drivers who operated in Massachusetts: (1) Independent Contractor Misclassification; (2) Violation of the Massachusetts Tips Law; (3)…