California Supreme Court Shields PAGA Claims From ‘Manageability’ Dismissals | The Recorder

















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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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