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PATEL v. 7-ELEVEN, INC

SJC-13485.

240 N.E.3d 765 (2024)

494 Mass. 562

Dhananjay PATEL & others v. 7-ELEVEN, INC.; DP Milk Street Inc. & others, third-party defendants.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

Decided September 5, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon Liss-Riordan (Matthew Carrieri also present) for the plaintiffs.

David C. Kravitz, Deputy State Solicitor, for the Attorney General.

Norman M. Leon, of Illinois (Matthew J. Iverson also present) for 7-Eleven, Inc.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Benjamin G. Barokh, of California, & Elaine J. Goldenberg for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Catherine M. Scott for Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association, Inc.

Jason Salgado & Ana Muñoz for Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association & others.

David Oppenheim, Aaron Van Nostrand, & Jaclyn DeMais, of New Jersey, & Jeffrey Greene for International Franchise Association.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.

This case presents the second certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (First Circuit or certifying court) in the continuing saga to determine whether the five plaintiffs — Dhananjay Patel, Safdar Hussain, Vatsal Chokshi, Dhaval Patel, and Niral Patel — were misclassified as independent...

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