2nd Removal Of Amazon Delivery Drivers’ Wage, Classification Suit Upheld

Mealey's (March 8, 2019, 1:08 PM EST) -- WORCESTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts federal judge on March 5 denied a motion to remand for a second time a class complaint by Amazon delivery drivers alleging misclassification and other compensation violations, ruling that removal based on an increase in the amount in controversy that accumulated following the first removal and remand was permissible (Bernard Waithaka, et al. v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al., No. 18-40150, D. Mass., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34947)....