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Sep. 17, 2015

Uncertainty reigns on seat suits

Once a hot new area of state employment litigation, lawsuits over suitable seats are at a major impasse.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Like Adele or the Oklahoma City Thunder, lawsuits that allege companies break state
law by not providing their workers "suitable seats" were hot a few years ago but now
face profound uncertainty.


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel earlier this month took under submission
a seat suit against Bank of...

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