https://www.law.com/therecorder/2024/01/18/california-supreme-court-shields-paga-claims-from-manageability-dismissals/
The California State Building at 350 McAlister in San Francisco, home of the state Supreme Court. Photo: Jason Doiy/ALMNEWS
The unanimous court said judges have no inherent authority to strike Private Attorneys General Act claims for being too unwieldy.
January 18, 2024 at 06:32 PM
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California’s trial courts “lack inherent authority” to dismiss complex Private Attorneys General Act claims that are unwieldy or time-consuming, a unanimous state Supreme Court held Thursday in an employee-friendly ruling.
The court’s opinion in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills addresses a split between the Second and Fourth appellate districts over the power judges have to “manage” representative PAGA cases that may involve hundreds of workers alleging different Labor Code violations.
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