Anfinson v. FedEx Ground

This case was filed in King County (Washington) Superior Court in 2004.  The drivers alleged violations of the Washington Minimum Wage Act and sought class action certification.  (See also the Tumulty case.)

FedEx Ground had the case moved to the multi-district litigation but the U.S. District Court for Norther Indiana remanded the case back to Washington court in 2006. 

Superior Court Judge Canova certified the claim as a class action in January 2008.  The class includes Washington single-vehicle contractors who signed an Operating Agreement (personally or thru a corporate entity) and handled a single-route at any time between Dec. 21, 2001 and Dec. 31, 2005.

Trial is schedule for late 2008.

In March 2008, FedEx Corporation noted this case in its Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-Q filing:

In January 2008, one of the contractor-model lawsuits that is not part of the multidistrict litigation, Anfinson v. FedEx Ground, was certified as a class action by a Washington state court. The plaintiffs in Anfinson represent a class of FedEx Ground single-route, pick-up-and-delivery owner-operators in Washington from December 21, 2001 through December 31, 2005 and allege that the class members should be reimbursed as employees for their operating expenses and should receive overtime pay. The Anfinson case is scheduled for trial in June 2008.