In a class action alleging failure to pay overtime brought by current and former Wells Fargo home mortgage consultants, the District Court’s order certifying a class is reversed where the District Court abused its discretion by relying on Defendant’s uniform policy of treating its employees as exempt from overtime laws, to the near exclusion of other relevant factors touching on predominance.
Read Mevorah v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, No. 08-15355
Appellate Information
Argued and Submitted February 5, 2009
Filed July 7, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Mills
Counsel
For Appellant:
Lindbergh Porter, Jr., Littler Mendelson, P.C., San Francisco, CA
For Appellees:
Kevin J. McInerney, McInerney & Jones, Reno, NV
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