Lawson
Lawson v. Grubhub, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RAEF LAWSON, Case No. 15-cv-05128-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
v. FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY
JUDGMENT
GRUBHUB, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 253, 272, 274, 289, 290 Defendants.
12 The Court denied without prejudice Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, (Dkt. Nos. 253, 260), but construes the relevant portions as a motion for partial summary judgment on the legal question of whether the ABC test applies to Plaintiff’s expense reimbursement claim, (Dkt. No. 253 at 22–25; Dkt. Nos. 269, 272, 274). See Lawson v. Grubhub, Inc., 13 F.4th 908, 917 (9th Cir. 2021) (“[W]e allow the trial court to decide in the first instance whether the ABC test applies to Lawson’s expense reimbursement claim.”). The Court also ordered supplementary briefing on the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Bowerman v. Field Asset Services, Inc., 39 F.4th 652 (9th Cir. 2022). (Dkt. Nos. 287, 289, 290.) Having carefully considered the parties’ briefing,…