MLB Must Face Class of Minor League Players in Wage, OT Suit

Minor league baseball players may proceed as a class with wage and overtime claims against Major League Baseball, after the Ninth Circuit declined to consider the league’s appeal of the class certification ruling.

The league argued that an appeal of the issue is warranted due to a split among trial courts within the circuit on “whether a plaintiff can bring state law claims on behalf of other class members that he could not bring for himself.”

The MLB told the court that Cody Sedlock, the only class representative, shouldn’t be allowed to represent class members suing under Arizona law “when ...