Plaintiffs' economist in Jimmy John's no-poaching class action spoiled his own research, judge rules | Madison
Brandt EAST ST. LOUIS – Economist Hal Singer spoiled his research in a potential class action for Jimmy John’s restaurant employees by mixing hourly and daily wages, Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel ruled on Feb. 16. Rosenstengel excluded a report Singer wrote for plaintiff Donald Conrad and she denied motions to exclude defense experts who challenged the report. She found a wage discrepancy made Singer’s statistical regressions unreliable. “This error is material,” she wrote. “Comparing inflated estimates of average wages leads to inf...
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