Rittmann et al v. Amazon.com Inc et al

  1. December 19, 2024

    Amazon Gets 'Wide Berth' Of Discovery In Drivers' Wage Suit

    A Washington federal judge largely granted Amazon's discovery request in an 8-year-old lawsuit brought by delivery drivers accusing the company of misclassifying them as independent contractors, saying the data it seeks is reasonable for its forthcoming challenge to the workers' class certification bid.

  2. December 10, 2024

    Amazon Wants Quick Appeal Of Drivers Collective Order

    Amazon urged a Washington federal court to greenlight an appeal of an order disbursing collective notices to about 1 million delivery workers who claimed they were misclassified as independent contractors, saying questions on tolling and arbitration deserve the Ninth Circuit's intervention.

  3. December 02, 2024

    Amazon Flex Drivers Win Conditional Cert. In Wage Suit

    A Washington federal judge granted conditional collective certification Monday to Amazon Flex drivers in their lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of misclassifying them as independent contractors, saying the workers sufficiently showed they're all subjected to the same policy.

  4. November 25, 2024

    Amazon Says Drivers Still MIA During Discovery In Wage Suit

    Delivery drivers are still falling short of following discovery orders in an almost decade-long suit accusing Amazon of misclassifying them as independent contractors, the e-commerce giant told a Washington federal court, urging it to boot those workers from the case.

  5. November 12, 2024

    Amazon Harassing Drivers Via Discovery Demand, Court Told

    Amazon is harassing delivery drivers with an overly broad request for documents, including a decade's worth of tax returns and cellphone records, and its request should be tailored to reflect that many claims in an 8-year-old lawsuit were recently nixed, the workers told a Washington federal court.

  6. October 25, 2024

    Amazon Presses Drivers To Hand Over Docs, Info In Wage Suit

    Amazon said that 17 named plaintiffs in an eight-year suit accusing the online retail giant of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors failed to meet discovery demands, urging a Washington federal judge to order them to fulfill the requests within 10 days.

  7. September 20, 2024

    Amazon Escapes Bulk Of Drivers' Wage Suit

    A Washington federal judge on Friday threw out multiple claims from 19 delivery drivers in an 8-year-old lawsuit alleging Amazon misclassified them as independent contractors and shorted them on wages, saying many of the workers failed to show that their wages dipped below state and federal standards.

  8. July 22, 2024

    Drivers Urge Court To Keep Amazon Wage Suit Alive

    Delivery drivers accusing Amazon of misclassifying them as independent contractors urged a Washington federal judge not to grant the e-commerce giant's bid to toss the eight-year-old suit, saying their claims are solid enough for this stage of the litigation to continue.

  9. July 15, 2024

    Amazon Tells Wash. Court It Rightfully Filed Arbitration Bids

    Amazon properly moved to arbitrate in districts where drivers accusing the e-commerce giant of misclassifying them as independent contractors agreed to arbitrate their claims, the company told a Washington federal judge, urging the court to deny the workers' request for an injunction.

  10. June 17, 2024

    Amazon Seeks To Trim Reopened Contractor Wage Suit

    Amazon urged a Washington federal judge to toss claims in a long-running, recently reopened lawsuit alleging the company misclassified drivers as independent contractors, saying the workers still had not provided any concrete evidence to support their claims.