Mealey's (December 10, 2020, 9:58 AM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 1 denied a petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc filed by a franchisor after a split panel in an Oct. 21 memorandum overturned a trial court’s denial of a franchisee’s motion to reopen his class action suit against a franchisor over his alleged misclassification, holding that the judge should reconsider the decision and apply the ruling in Henson v. Fidelity National Financial Inc. (Sergio Gonzalez, et al. v. Coverall North America Inc., No. 19-55511, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 37526)....