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Calif. court opinion goes in favor of A.B. 5 applying to trucking
While a larger trucking case against California’s A.B. 5 law s application to motor carriers and owner-operators is still unfolding in a federal district court, a second state court in California has ruled that federal law does not preempt a law that would effectively outlaw the leased owner-operator model in the state.
Trucking has been operating under an exemption from A.B. 5 since the beginning of 2020, when the law went into effect. A lawsuit by the California Trucking Associations against A.B. 5 is still in progress, and an injunction is in place until that lawsuit plays out.
Apr 06, 2021
A second state court in California has ruled that federal law does not preempt that law that would effectively outlaw the leased owner-operator model in the state.
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Another Calif. court opinion goes in favor of A.B. 5 applying to trucking
While the trucking industry’s larger case against California’s A.B. 5 law on motor carriers and owner-operators is still unfolding in a federal district court, a second state court in California has ruled that federal law does not preempt a law that would effectively outlaw the leased owner-operator model in the state.
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Second California court rules key federal law doesn’t preempt AB5
Trucking sector awaits federal appellate court rule on keeping its injunction but if it goes, state precedents won’t block the law on independent contractors Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves
There is now a second state court decision in California ruling that a federal law known as F4A would not preclude the state’s AB5 law from setting the definition of independent contractors.
The ruling has no immediate impact. The federal injunction handed down in early 2020 that blocked implementation of AB 5 in the state’s trucking sector, because of F4A, remains in place and supersedes any state court decisions.