H&M Hennes & Mauritz LP lost its bid to keep a retail employee’s proposed class action alleging California wage and breaks violations out of state court.
The federal court lacked jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act because H&M failed to establish that there’s at least $5 million at stake, Judge Josephine L. Staton said in granting the employee’s motion to remand the case.
H&M relied on unreasonable and unsupported assumed violation rates in estimating that the case is worth more than $21.1 million, the court said.
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