Superior Court Re-Affirms Steffans Legal's Mileage Reimbursement Theory and Appropriateness of Class Action Treatment

We believe that Massachusetts law requires employers to reimburse nearly all employees at the IRS rate for transportation expenses. We have filed a number of cases under this theory, including the one we wrote about here. In that case, a Superior Court Justice endorsed that theory when denying the employer’s motion for summary judgment and granting the employee’s motion for class certification. You can read more about that here.

On November 11, 2023, yet another Superior Court Justice (this time Associate Justice Lynn Rooney) recognized the viability of this theory in denying the employer’s request that the case not be able to proceed as a class action, stating : “…[the employee] may reasonably calculate his damages through reference to the IRS mileage reimbursement rates for the relevant periods in lieu of records of his actual transportation expenses.”

We are proud of this result and thrilled for our clients. We think the courts are getting it right on this one and look forward to pushing these claims to recover monies owed to employees across Massachusetts.