"Lawson’s case hinged on whether he was a contractor in his brief four month stint delivering food for Grubhub, or an employee—entitled to minimum wage, overtime, and other benefits. An initial 2018 ruling sided with the company, and denied Lawson employee status. But after an appeal to the Ninth Circuit and a remand back down to the same district court, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley has now ruled that, under California laws, Lawson was legally a Grubhub employee.
"'Mr. Lawson is properly classified as an employee, not an independent contractor, for purposes of his minimum wage and overtime claims,' wrote Judge Corley..."