IN RE FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, INC.

Cause No. 3:05-MD-527 RM. No. MDL-1700.

869 F.Supp.2d 942 (2012)

In re FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, INC., Employment Practices Litigation. This Document Relates to: All Actions Civil No. 3:05-CV-530 RM (KS).

United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, South Bend Division.

April 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth A. Ross , Leonard Carder LLP, San Francisco, CA, Lynn R. Faris , Leonard Carder LLP, Oakland, CA, Peter J. Agostino , Anderson, Agostino & Keller PC, South Bend, IN, Susan E. Ellingstad , Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, George A. Barton , Law Offices of George A. Barton PC, Kansas City, MO, Robert I. Harwood , Harwood Feffer LLP, New York, NY, Robert E. McDaniel , McDaniel Law Offices, Concord, NH, Lynn R. Faris , Leonard Carder LLP, Oakland, CA, Dan S. Smith , Dan Solomon Smith LLC, Orange, NJ, Peter W. Overs, Jr. , Harwood Feffer LLP, New York, NY, Richard Tanenbaum , Brooklyn, NY, Donald R. Taylor , Taylor, Dunham & Burgess LLP, Austin, TX, Dmitri Iglitzin , Schwerin, Campbell, Barnard LLP, Martin S. Garfinkel , Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, Seattle, WA, Steve D. Larson , Stoll, Stoll, Berne, Lokting & Shlachter PC, Portland, OR, Peter W Overs, Jr. , Harwood Feffer LLP, New York, NY, Susan E. Ellingstad , Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, Jack D. Hilmes , Kevin J. Driscoll , Finley, Alt, Smith, Scharnberg, Craig, Hilmes & Gaffney PC, Des Moines, IA, Ginger A. Degroff , Tampa, FL, James A. Staack , Staack, Simms & Hernandez PA, Clearwater, FL, Daniel O. Myers , Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, Eleanor I. Morton , Leonard Carder LLP, San Francisco, CA, Jeffrey A. Bartos , Guerrieri, Edmond, Clayman & Bartos PC, Washington, DC, B. James Fitzpatrick , Fitzpatrick Spini & Swanston, Salinas, CA, William S. Hommel, Jr. , Attorney at Law, Tyler, TX, Andrew J. Kahn , McCracken, Stemerman & Holsberry, Las Vegas, NV, Jacqueline Mezquita Fernandez , Miami, FL, J. Allen Brinkley , Brinkley & Chesnut, Huntsville, AL, Larry A. Golston, Jr. , Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles PC, Montgomery, AL, Mark A. Friel , Stoll, Stoll, Berne, Lokting & Shlachter PC, Portland, OR, for Plaintiffs.

Wesley Martin, pro se. Devon Nugent, pro se.

Melissa Rohman, pro se.

Ralph Carl Veal, pro se.

Ricardo Huerta, pro se.

C. Victor Pyle, III , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, Columbia, SC, Karen P. Kruse , Jackson Lewis LLP, Seattle, WA, Michael J. Puma , Morgan Lewis LLP, Philadelphia, PA, R. Jay Taylor, Jr. , Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary PC, Indianapolis, IN, Robert I. Harwood , Harwood Feffer LLP, New York, NY, Steve Dennis , Reid & Dennis PC, Dallas, TX, Alison G. Fox , Thomas J. Brunner, Jr. , Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, South Bend, IN, Carolyn J. Kubota , Robert M. Schwartz , Scott Voelz , Cameron H. Biscay , Laura E. Robinson , Michael W Garrison, Jr. , Michael G. McGuinnes , Victor H. Jih , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Chris A. Hollinger , Michael W. Kopp , Nora M. Puckett , Robin Dean , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco, CA, Kenneth Lee Blalack, II , Evelyn L. Becker , Aparna B. Joshi , Guy Brenner , Jeffrey S. Nestler , Kenneth Lee Blalack, II , John H. Beisner , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, Alison G. Fox , D. Lucetta Pope , Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, South Bend, IN, Jeffrey A. Trimarchi , Jennifer Lee Merzon , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, Lesley A. Pate , Robert G. Ames , Venable LLP, Washington, DC, Rosemary J. Bruno , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Newark, NJ, Brett J. Preston , Hill, Ward, Henderson PA, Tampa, FL, Aaron Roblan , Jackson Lewis , Seattle, WA, Michael R. Reck , Belin McCormick , Des Moines, IA, for Defendants.


OPINION and ORDER

ROBERT L. MILLER, JR., District Judge.

This matter is before the court on the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment concerning whether FedEx drivers1 are employees or independent contractors under the Kansas Wage Payment Act, KAN. STAT. ANN. § 44-313 et seq. Numerous summary judgment motions pend in both the certified and non-certified class-actions. This opinion sets forth facts commonly...

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