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Silva et al v. Schmidt Baking Distribution, LLC et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:23-cv-01695

Court:

Connecticut

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Michael P Shea

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  1. February 13, 2026

    Food Distributor To Take Arb. Pacts Ruling To Supreme Court

    A food service business told a Connecticut district court it plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take up two distributors' misclassification case, asking the lower court to pause litigation after the Second Circuit ruled that the workers could dodge arbitration.

  2. December 22, 2025

    2nd Circ. Says Arb. Exemption Covers Pacts Between Cos.

    The contracts used by two food distributors who created their own entities to work for a food service business fall under the Federal Arbitration Act carveout, the Second Circuit ruled Monday, nixing a Connecticut federal court's decision that sent their misclassification case to arbitration.

  3. September 16, 2025

    Bakery Drivers Are Exempt From Arbitration, 2nd Circ. Told

    Two Connecticut delivery drivers asked the Second Circuit on Tuesday to reverse an order sending their employment misclassification lawsuit to arbitration, arguing the Federal Arbitration Act doesn't apply to workers engaged in interstate commerce and cuts through contracts that purportedly cast them as independent contractors.

  4. July 30, 2024

    2nd Circ. To Decide If Arb. Exemption Applies To Companies

    A Connecticut federal judge agreed to send two food distributors' misclassification suit to the Second Circuit, ruling that his decision that a Federal Arbitration Act carveout doesn't apply to businesses might create a loophole in the arbitration world.

  5. June 18, 2024

    Bakery Wants To Stop Quick Appeal Of Arbitration Order

    A bakery urged a Connecticut federal judge to deny two food distributors' bid for a quick appeal of an order directing them to arbitrate their independent contractor misclassification claims, saying the request "falls woefully short" of the standards for an appeal.

  6. May 03, 2024

    Arbitration Exemption Doesn't Cover Cos., Conn. Judge Rules

    Two food distributors who created corporate entities while working for a food service business must arbitrate claims they were misclassified as independent contractors because a Federal Arbitration Act carveout doesn't apply to businesses, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled.