Cotter v. Lyft, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
Relationships
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Most-quoted passages
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“although a jury could be tempted to conclude that people who drove only sporadically for Lyft should be independent contractors, it seems equally likely that the jury could analogize Lyft drivers to restaurant workers who work in multiple venues, but only occasionally at each particular venue. There is no dispute that, under California law, someone who picks up a couple of restaurant shifts here and there is an ‘employee’ of that restaurant (“along with any other restaurant where he works”).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“requires the district court to balance a number of factors: the strength of the plaintiffs case; the risk, expense, complexity, and likely duration of further litigation; the risk of maintaining class action status throughout the trial; the amount offered in settlement; the extent of discovery completed and the stage of the proceedings; the experience and views of counsel; the presence of a government participant; and the reaction of the class members to the proposed settlement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“seemingly arbitrary reduction of [the PAGA] penalty to a miniscule portion of the settlement amount - $ 122,250, which is less than one percent of the total”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.