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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 4375156" data-attributes="member: 60252"><p>No. Based on state law, the state would have needed to prosecute each case on an individual basis because fedex may have treated each 'contractor' differently. I do know for a fact that other 'contractors' in other states were also awarded unemployment benefits as employees. And the attorneys did not base the class action on my claim, but my win against fedex drew the attention of the firm which was already in the process of deciding whether to be active in the class action. Documents and testimony from FEDEX in my case gave them confidence that they had a winning case. Prior to my claim, all they really had was the contract itself, and driver/contractor statements. They were able to take what fedex used in my case and apply it to the class action. I was specifically told by the state official who worked with me that my case was not a precedent for all other contractors based on state law that required individuals to each present the specifics of their own cases. FEDEX did something after that to make sure that contractors paid the state employment taxes and stopped allowing 'contractors' to sub'contract their work. And as long as the state was collecting taxes, their interest in getting into a lawsuit with FEDEX dissipated. After all, it was only the taxes that they were losing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 4375156, member: 60252"] No. Based on state law, the state would have needed to prosecute each case on an individual basis because fedex may have treated each 'contractor' differently. I do know for a fact that other 'contractors' in other states were also awarded unemployment benefits as employees. And the attorneys did not base the class action on my claim, but my win against fedex drew the attention of the firm which was already in the process of deciding whether to be active in the class action. Documents and testimony from FEDEX in my case gave them confidence that they had a winning case. Prior to my claim, all they really had was the contract itself, and driver/contractor statements. They were able to take what fedex used in my case and apply it to the class action. I was specifically told by the state official who worked with me that my case was not a precedent for all other contractors based on state law that required individuals to each present the specifics of their own cases. FEDEX did something after that to make sure that contractors paid the state employment taxes and stopped allowing 'contractors' to sub'contract their work. And as long as the state was collecting taxes, their interest in getting into a lawsuit with FEDEX dissipated. After all, it was only the taxes that they were losing. [/QUOTE]
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