FRESNO – A Central Valley dairy is alleged to have failed to provide uninterrupted rest breaks to a former driver.
Theodore Kerber filed a complaint on Aug. 23 in the Fresno County Superior Court against Producers Dairy Foods Inc. and Does 1-100 alleging violation of California labor codes.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff was employed as a driver for Producers Dairy Foods from 2008 to October 2017. He alleges he was not provided uninterrupted 10-minute rest breaks, meal breaks of at least 30 minutes and accurate, itemized wage statements.
The plaintiff holds Producers Dairy Foods Inc. and Does 1-100 responsible because the defendants allegedly failed to consistently provide uninterrupted and unrestricted meal periods within the first 5 hours of work, failed to provide uninterrupted rest periods to its non-exempt personnel.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks judgment against defendants for general and compensatory damages, penalties, attorney fees, costs of suit, prejudgment interest, and further relief as the court may deem just. He is represented by Arnold P. Peter and Eyal Farahan of Peter Law Group in Manhattan Beach.
Fresno County Superior Court case number 18-CECG-03084