Fresno firm wins ruling against Wal-Mart
Source: Fresno Bee
A Fresno law firm says it has scored a major legal ruling against Wal-Mart that could cost the retail giant more than $100 million in connection with a federal class-action lawsuit that affects hundreds of truckers in California.
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco has ruled that Wal-Mart violated California’s minimum wage law when it failed to pay its drivers for all the tasks they do.
Those unpaid tasks include waiting in line to load or unload their cargo, time spent to fill out federally mandated trip slips and washing and fueling their trucks.
... Fresno attorney Butch Wagner, whose firm represents 720 past and present Wal-Mart drivers, including 140 in the Valley, said Tuesday that the judge’s ruling “is a big victory for our clients.”
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