Roadrunner Freight Wins Bid to Keep Wage Suit in Federal Court

Roadrunner Transportation Services Inc. can keep a proposed class action claiming violations of California wage and hour laws in federal court, after the Ninth Circuit said Thursday that there was more than $5 million at stake in the litigation.

The lower court imposed a presumption against removal under the Class Action Fairness Act when it shouldn’t have, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said. It reversed an order that would have returned the case to state court.

Although the lower court said “no antiremoval presumption attends cases invoking CAFA,” that statement was difficult to reconcile with other ...