Target Workers Fail to Get Wage Case Sent Back to State Court

Target Corp. workers who allege the retailer ran afoul of California wage-and-hour protections failed to convince a federal judge to return their proposed class case to state court.

The two named plaintiffs said Target didn’t provide enough evidence to back up its contention that the Class Action Fairness Act justifies removal to federal court. But the company showed that there’s nearly $8.7 million at stake for just one of the wage claims, exceeding CAFA’s requirement that there be at least $5 million in controversy for the entire case, the US District Court for the Central District of California said in ...