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Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Blow to wage and hour cases?

As reported on Wisconsin Personal Injury Lawyer
.Wisconsin Personal Injury Lawyer blog:


Wisconsin's Court of Appeals recently dealt a blow to class actions in a decision involving Wal-Mart and its alleged failure to pay employees appropriately. The appeals court ruled that a class action, in part because of the plaintiffs plan to use statistical and survey evidence, made the class unmanageable.

In re Wal-Mart Employee
Litigation:

Kathleen Hermanson, Ardyce
Weichbrod and George Otradovec,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a
Delaware corporation,

Defendant-Respondent.

click here to read the opinion

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