California Superior Court Judge Peter Borkon ruled on Friday that the 2017 lawsuit could not move forward as a class action because many of the 200 workers chosen at random to testify ahead of a trial scheduled for 2026 were unwilling to do so.
Borkon said he could not trust that the experiences of a smaller sample of workers could be applied to the entire class.
A different judge had certified the class in 2024, but Borkon said that was based on the belief that a trial in the large-scale case would be manageable…