9th Circuit:  7-Eleven Franchisees Properly Deemed Independent Contractors

Mealey's (December 14, 2022, 10:33 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s determination in two putative class lawsuits that 7-Eleven franchisees are independent contractors and not employees, ruling that while the court erred in refusing to consider claims accrued after 2020 under the “ABC test” adopted in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, the “error was harmless.”...