Estrada vs FedEx Ground

This case was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1999 under the case name Estrada vs Roadway Package System.  The class of drivers alleged that they were wrongly classified as "contractors" in the state of California and that RPS/FedEx was liable for many of the drivers' expenses.  The judge decided in 2004 that the single vehicle drivers were employees.  Multiple vehicle contractors were excluded from this decision.  The judge further ordered in 2005 that FedEx Ground/Home must classify all single route drivers as employees starting in April 2006. 

FedEx appealed this decision and was granted a stay on the order to classify its drivers as employees.  Click here for more on the Estrada appeal before the California Court of Appeals.

In August 2007, the CA Appeals Court affirmed that drivers are employees.