PITTSBURGH — An employee has filed a class-action lawsuit against Knorr-Bremse AG, Knorr Brake Co. and New York Air Brake Corp., citing alleged fraudulent concealment, unfair competition and vicarious liability.
Lead plaintiff Kory Marietta filed a complaint July 6 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, claiming the defendants violated the Sherman Act.
According to the complaint, the defendants allegedly suppressed the plaintiff and class members' compensation and restricted compeititon in a labor market in which the class members sold their services through an alleged illegal "no-poach conspiracy" in November 2016.
Marietta said the alleged scheme substantially limited her and the class access to better job opportunities, restricted their mobility and deprived them of information that would be useful in negotiating better terms of employment, including higher pay.
The lawsuit said the defendants allegedly made no-poach agreements between three of the world’s largest rail equipment suppliers to restrain competition in the labor market in which they compete for employees.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks treble, punitive or exemplary damages, together with pre-judgment and post-judgment interest, costs, expenses and other relief the court may deem proper. He is represented by Joel Hurt of Feinstein Doyle Payne & Kravec LLC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and John Evans of Jcevans Law, PC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania case number 2:18cv882