ADOLPH v. UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

No. S274671.

14 Cal.5th 1104 (2023)

ERIK ADOLPH, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 17, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Littler Mendelson, Anthony G. Ly , Sophia B. Collins , Andrew M. Spurchise ; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theane D. Evangelis , Blaine H. Evanson and Bradley J. Hamburger for Defendant and Appellant.

Elizabeth Milito , Rob Smith ; Benbrook Law Group, Bradley A. Benbrook and Stephen M. Duvernay for National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Fisher & Phillips, Alden J. Parker , Erin J. Price ; and Angelo I. Amador for Restaurant Law Center and California Restaurant Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Jonathan P. Slowik , Aileen M. McGrath and Rachel O. Kane for Retail Litigation Center, Inc., and the National Retail Federation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Benjamin G. Shatz ; and Fred J. Hiestand for Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland and Jeffrey E. Raskin for Californians for Fair Pay and Employer Accountability as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

O'Melveny & Myers, Anton Metlitsky , Apalla U. Chopra , Adam J. Karr and Jason Zarrow for Employers Group and California Employment Law Council as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Mayer Brown, Andrew J. Pincus , Kevin Ranlett , Carmen Longoria-Green and Archis A. Parasharami for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Desai Law Firm, Aashish Y. Desai , Maria Adrianne De Castro ; Altshuler Berzon, Michael Rubin , Robin S. Tholin ; Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho, Andrew P. Lee , David Borgen and Mengfei Sun for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Rob Bonta , Attorney General, Michael J. Mongan , State Solicitor General, Janill L. Richards , Principal Deputy State Solicitor General, and Nichole Welindt , Associate Deputy State Solicitor General, for the Attorney General of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Soderstrom Law and Jamin S. Soderstrom for Lionel Harper as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Cynthia L. Rice , Reina Canale , Corrie Meals , Sandra Aguila ; and Verónica Meléndez for California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., and California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

This case concerns a question of standing under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA). (Lab. Code, § 2698 et seq.; all undesignated statutory references are to this code.) Informed by findings of pervasive underenforcement of many Labor Code provisions and "a shortage of government resources...

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