American Airlines urges 3rd Circuit to break up class action
Vying to dismantle a class action that says American Airlines forced employees to work during break time, a lawyer for the airlines told the Third Circuit Tuesday that the specifics of each worker will vary too greatly to satisfy commonality. “How would you ever find out whether, when and how much every single class member worked without asking them,” the carrier’s attorney said in arguments. Two clerks responsible for towing airplanes into and out of hangars, providing water and lavatory services, and loading and offloading baggage brought the 2016 overtime lawsuit in New Jersey. Though they initially sought to represent thousands of clerks from airports across the country, Chief US District judge Jose Linares granted certification last year to just 3 subclasses of employees who also worked at Newark Liberty International. <br/>
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American Airlines urges 3rd Circuit to break up class action
Vying to dismantle a class action that says American Airlines forced employees to work during break time, a lawyer for the airlines told the Third Circuit Tuesday that the specifics of each worker will vary too greatly to satisfy commonality. “How would you ever find out whether, when and how much every single class member worked without asking them,” the carrier’s attorney said in arguments. Two clerks responsible for towing airplanes into and out of hangars, providing water and lavatory services, and loading and offloading baggage brought the 2016 overtime lawsuit in New Jersey. Though they initially sought to represent thousands of clerks from airports across the country, Chief US District judge Jose Linares granted certification last year to just 3 subclasses of employees who also worked at Newark Liberty International. <br/>
