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FedEx California Home Delivery Drivers Lawsuit Settled

Christmas came a little early this year for some. Today FedEx announced it will settle a California lawsuit with its home delivery drivers shelling out more than $26.8 million dollars.  This huge payout may come as a surprise to some after the IRS reversed it’s assessment of more 319 million against FedEx  in early October 2008. The payee’s however were not surprised in the least. Tony Estrada and Jeff Morgan were jubilant when they received word the 10 year legal battle had come to an end, ”We always knew that we were being treated like employees and that FedEx was getting away with murder and was laughing all the way to the bank on the backs of its drivers.”

FedEx says this settlement is no way an admission of guilt on its part.  “FedEx engaged in this legal battle because they firmly believed that the thousands of contractors who serve California and every other state in the nation are independent business owners, not employees. The resolution of this single-work-area case has no bearing on our relationship with our network of independent contractors in California or any other legal case,’ the company said.