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Case Name | Sotelo v. MediaNews Group, Inc. | |
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Date | 07/02/2012 | |
Note | Class-action status was denied to a group of newspaper carriers who allege a Southern California media group illegally classified them as independent contractors instead of employees. | |
Citation | A130585 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 39112012 CA |
SOTELO v. MEDIANEWS GROUP, INC. CYNTHIA SOTELO et al. , Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MEDIANEWS GROUP, INC. et al. , Defendants and Respondents. Appellant Sotelo began as a carrier and then became a distributor, contracting exclusively with one newspaper. "Class members are `ascertainable' where they may be readily identified without unreasonable expense or time by reference to official records. The theoretical ability to self-identify as a member of the class is useless if one never receives notice of the action. They propose contacting those class members for whom respondents do have records, and posting notices in respondents' facilities.
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