Connecticut High Court: Legal Theory Doesn’t Need To Be Tested Before Certification

Mealey's (October 14, 2020, 2:37 PM EDT) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — A trial court didn’t err in a restaurant worker’s wage-and-hour class suit by declining to test the sufficiency of the worker’s legal theory or outlining what the class needed to prove to prevail before granting class certification, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Oct. 6 (Jacqueline Rodriguez v. Kaiaffa, LLC, et al., No. SC 20274, Conn. Sup., 2020 Conn. LEXIS 226)....