Felczer v. Apple-2017- Superior Court’s Bench Trial Verdict

Facts and Allegations:

Attached is the proposed Superior Court’s Proposed Bench Trial Verdict that Judge Eddie Sturgeon from the San Diego Superior Court issued.  Judge Sturgeon awarded the Class consisting of mostly California corporate hourly employees nothing from December 16, 2007, through July 31, 2012. 

The Class has filed objections to amend the proposed Bench Trial verdict, and are awaiting a hearing on the matter.  The jury verdict awarded $2,000,000 a Class consisting of hourly retail employees who worked at Apple’s California retail stores from December 16, 2008, through July 31, 2012.   

Felczer v. Apple class action case judgment coming soon!

On June 2, 2017, the Superior Court of San Diego ordered additional briefing from the parties. The Court indicated that it would issue the total judgment probably by the week of June 19th.

Click To See Original Filing Doc.

Felczer v. Apple Tentative Decision Confirmed Regarding the Courts’ Statement of Decision

The Honorable Eddie C. Sturgeon confirmed the tentative ruling finding against the Class, taking the opposite position of the jury. Basically, the jury made a finding of fact that Apple’s scheduling practices were unlawful, and the Judge made a finding of fact that Apple’s scheduling practices were lawful. The Judge based his ruling on the rationale that there were different years involved and the Court did not have to accept the jury’s view of the facts “carte blanche.”

But, the case still goes on. Judgment has not been entered yet, and then post-trial motions have yet to be heard.

Stay tuned….