OVERVIEW OF THE PIZZA DELIVERY DRIVER CASES
Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP and Weinhaus & Potashnick have filed collective and class action lawsuits on behalf of pizza delivery drivers against many of the nation's pizza franchises and their franchisees for unpaid wages and unreimbursed expenses. The firms are prosecuting cases against Pizza Hut, NPC, WKRP, Papa John's, Essential Pizza and Domino's.
Information on individual cases can be found below.
THE LAWSUITS
We represent pizza delivery drivers in company-wide wage and hour collective and class actions against several large pizza companies, including: Pizza Hut, Inc.; NPC International, Inc., which is the largest Pizza Hut franchisee in the country; WKRP Management, LLC, which operates Pizza Hut stores primarily in Colorado and Kansas; Papa John's, Inc.; and Essential Pizza, Inc. d/b/a PJCOMN, which operates approximately 82 Papa John's stores in Colorado and Minnesota. Additionally, we represent pizza delivery drivers in a New York wage and hour class and collective action against Domino's, Inc. The NPC lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas; the Pizza Hut, WKRP and Essential lawsuits in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado; the Papa John's lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri; and the Domino's lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Click here to read more information about the Papa John's case
Click here to read more information about the Pizza Hut case
Click here to read more information about the NPC case
Click here to read more information about the WKRP case
Click here to read more information about the Essential case
Click here to read more information about the Domino's case
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The lawsuits allege that these pizza companies violate federal (and state) wage and hour laws by failing to reimburse their pizza delivery drivers for their automobile expenses, resulting in the pizza delivery drivers being paid less than minimum wage. Specifically, the lawsuits allege that the amount paid by the pizza companies to pizza delivery drivers for automobile expenses are insufficient to reimburse them for the automobile costs incurred in delivering pizzas, including purchasing gasoline, vehicle parts and fluids, automobile and repair services, and automobile insurance, and suffering automobile depreciation. The pizza delivery drivers are seeking collective and class action status. A collective action already has been certified in the Essential, NPC, and Papa John's cases.
If you worked as a pizza delivery driver for any of these companies, we would like to hear from you.
WHO CAN JOIN THESE LAWSUITS?
If you worked as a pizza delivery driver you may be eligible to join one or more of these existing lawsuits. Please click on the specific case link above for more information about our existing cases.
If you have other questions or would like additional information, please fill out the form below and we will respond as soon as possible. Our you can call Jack McInnes at 1-866-501-9325 or Mark Potashnick at 314-997-9150.
