California Appellate Panel Upholds Class Denial In Retirement Benefits Dispute

(September 30, 2019, 8:35 AM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California city’s employee who claims that she was misclassified as a “temporary” employee for years, resulting in less preferential retirement benefits, failed to show that her case should proceed as a class action because individual issues predominate, a California appellate panel ruled Sept. 26 (Lisa Blevins v. San Jose, No. H044068, Calif. App., 6th Dist., 2019 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 6489)....