Motion To Exclude Absent Class Member Declarations Partially Granted In Wage Suit

Mealey's (June 25, 2021, 12:40 PM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — Five absent class members who were previously issued subpoenas and failed to appear for depositions in a lawsuit over wages for agricultural workers must appear for depositions or face preclusion of their declarations in support of class certification, a federal magistrate judge in California ruled June 22, declining the employers’ request to strike the declarations of all absent class members....