Class action alleges various wage and hour violations against California corporation
The California Court of Appeal recently handled a case arising from an employee’s class action complaint in 2007 against her employer, a California corporation formerly known as North American Title Company, Inc. and now known as Lennar Title, Inc.
The class action alleged various wage and hour violations. In 2010, the trial court certified two classes: an “exempt” subclass for salaried employees and a “non-exempt” subclass for hourly-wage employees. Later, the class representatives dismissed their wage and hour claims under California’s Labor Code and chose to proceed solely under the unfair competition law.
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In September 2015, the trial started. In October 2016, the trial judge decertified the non-exempt class but found the employer liable in relation to the exempt class. For several years afterward, a referee held individual hearings and obtained testimonies from almost 250 class members.
In 2018 and 2019, a series of business transactions occurred. This led to the employer, North American Title Company, Inc., adopting the name “CalAtlantic Title, Inc.” States Title FTS Title Company changed its name to “North American Title Company, Inc.” after acquiring the right to do so.
In February 2021, CalAtlantic Title, Inc. adopted “Lennar Title, Inc.” as its current name. In May 2021, States Title FTS Title...
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