Martha Cristerna v. FedEx Corporation

I. BACKGROUND

Cristerna alleges that she was employed collectively by FedEx Corporation, Federal Express Corporation, and FedEx Express1 in or around October 2020 as a Shuttle

1 Cristerna sued Federal Express Corporation and FedEx Express as two separate defendants, but FedEx Express is Federal Express Corporation’s trade name and DBA. (Notice of Removal, Doc. 1 at 2-3 n.1.) Federal Express Corporation appears in this action as Federal Express Corporation aka FedEx Express. (Id.) Defendant FedEx Corporation alleges it is the parent of Federal Express Corporation and had no relationship to the Plaintiff. (Doc. 12 at 2.) The Court does not address that issue in this Order, and refers hereafter to Defendant Federal Express Corporation as “FedEx Express.” ____________________________________________________________________________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:23-cv-00131-JLS-MAA Date: April 05, 2023 Title: Martha Cristerna v. FedEx Corporation Driver. (First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), Ex. 2 Doc. 1-1 at 34 & ¶ 11.) On February 23, 2021, she fell between the rear bumper of a truck and a…