No Certification Where Loss Of Data Prevents Class Identification

Junk fax case presents opportunities for some employment cases

Identifying potential class members is not an issue in most employment cases, as the employer likely has any number of employment records for each of the claimants, including personnel files, electronic data, tax forms, time records, and the like, many of which are required to be kept for a set period of time. But what if the records no longer exist or if the claims depend on data that cannot be located or readily retrieved?

That was the issue the Sixth Circuit faced in Sandusky Wellness Center, LLC v. ASD Specialty Healthcare, Inc., Case No. 16-3741 (6^th Cir. July 11, 2017). In Sandusky Wellness, the plaintiff sought to bring a claim under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and specifically the Junk Fax Protection Act Amendments of 2005 due to the plaintiff's receipt of an unsolicited facsimile transmission. The facts giving rise to the case appear to have been largely undisputed. The