In re Field Asset Services, Inc.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6

7 In re: FIELD ASSET SERVICES, INC., et Case No. 3:13-cv-00057-WHO al., 8 and related cases ORDER ON REMAINING ISSUE 9 FROM DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT (TRIAL

10 GROUP ONE) 11 Re: Dkt. No. 651

12 13 The parties filed cross motions for summary judgment that I addressed in my prior orders, 14 except for the defendants’ argument about the “corporate vendor plaintiffs” and joint employment 15 theories.1 This Order addresses those arguments and denies the defendants’ motion for summary 16 judgment because the claims are not, and do not need to be, joint employment claims. 17 BACKGROUND 18 This order incorporates by reference and assumes familiarity with the facts and background 19 laid out in the Prior Orders. In brief, the plaintiffs contracted with the defendants (Field Asset 20 Services, “FAS”) to provide property preservation services at the beginning of the Great Recession 21 …