Pedro De La Fuente v. Stokely-Van Camp, Inc., Marcelino Vasquez and Albert Solis, Defendants

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• explaining that “[i]t is very common for Rule 23(b)(3) class actions to involve differing damage awards for different class members”
• finding typicality where “[a]ll members of the class were subject to the same allegedly unlawful practices”
• affirming district court’s finding that workers did not have actual notice, as required under AWPA, from prior experience
• finding typicality requirement met where named plaintiffs were subject to and challenging the same policies as the class as a whole
• refusing “to require that each member of a class suffer precisely the same injury as the named class representatives” because “[a]ll members of the class were subject to the same allegedly unlawful practices”
• failure to disclose in writing dockage policy, which had a significant impact on workers’ pay, violated AWPA’s requirement to disclose wage rates

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