Split 9th Circuit Upholds Remand Of Worker’s Wage-And-Hour Class Claims

Mealey's (November 16, 2020, 4:19 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 13 affirmed a trial court’s remand order in a worker’s putative wage-and-hour class complaint, finding that the employer based its amount in controversy on assumptions “that were unreasonable” (Levone Harris, et al. v. KM Industrial, Inc., No. 20-16767, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 25723)....