LAWSON v. GRUBHUB, INC.

No. 18-15386.

13 F.4th 908 (2021)

Raef LAWSON, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated individuals, and in his capacity as Private Attorney General Representative, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GRUBHUB, INC.; Grubhub Holdings, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon Liss-Riordan (argued) and Thomas Fowler , Lichten & Liss Riordan P.C., Boston, Massachusetts, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Theane Evangelis (argued), Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. , Dhananjay S. Manthripragada , Brandon J. Stoker , and Samuel Eckman , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; Michele L. Maryott , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Irvine, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

Adam G. Unikowsky , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C.; Steven P. Lehotsky and Janet Galeria , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Bradley A. Benbrook and Stephen M. Duvernay , Benbrook Law Group PC, Sacramento, California; Luke A. Wake , NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Sacramento, California; Fred J. Hiestand , General Counsel, Civil Justice Association of California, Sacramento, California; for Amici Curiae National Federal of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center and Civil Justice Association of California.

Before: William A. Fletcher, Paul J. Watford, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

For four months in late 2015 and early 2016, Raef Lawson worked for Grubhub, Inc. as a food delivery driver in the Los Angeles area. Grubhub classified Lawson as an independent contractor rather than as an employee. Lawson later sued Grubhub, arguing that he had been misclassified. Contending that he...

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