In re Field Asset Services, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FRED BOWERMAN, et al., Case No. 3:13-cv-00057-WHO Plaintiffs, And Related Cases as Noted in Order 8 v. ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS IN FIELD ASSET SERVICES, INC., et al., RELATED CASES Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 533, 534, 535
12 BACKGROUND These cases are related to the underlying worker misclassification and wage-and-hour litigation in Bowerman v. Field Asset Services, No. 13-cv-00057 (N.D. Cal. April 4, 2023), which was initially filed on January 7, 2013. (“Bowerman Dkt.” No. 1). This Order assumes familiarity with that case and procedural history, as well as the holding in Bowerman v. Field Asset Services, Inc., 39 F.4th 652 (9th Cir. 2022), as amended, 60 F.4th 459 (9th Cir. 2023). After trial, the Ninth Circuit decertified the class and reversed the summary judgment decision. See id. I found that the statute of limitations had been tolled from the filing of the Bowerman case until 60 days after…