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,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT FOR GROUP 2 PLAINTIFFS FIELD ASSET SERVICES, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 705, 707 Defendants.
12 BACKGROUND This case falls under the umbrella of the longstanding litigation in Bowerman v. Field Asset Services, which was originally filed as a putative class action in this court in 2013. This Order assumes familiarity with the factual and procedural history of that litigation, a summary of which is provided in my Order at Dkt. No. 691. In a nutshell, Bowerman alleged that the defendants (collectively, “Field Asset Services” (“FAS”)), misclassified the plaintiffs as independent contractors instead of employees and so were liable for overtime wages, expense reimbursements, and waiting time penalties under California law. The class was certified and went to trial, the verdict favored the plaintiffs, the case was…