In a windowless, 15th-floor courtroom in downtown San Francisco this week, GrubHub has been defending its 1099 independent contractor employment model for its delivery drivers. This specific trial ...

GrubHub is defending its practices of employing delivery drivers as 1099 contractors. Lawson is seeking reimbursement for underpaid wages, expenses and other damages, which amounts to just $586.56.

The drivers, however, would mark the food as delivered. “It happened about 10 times, all within the same period, with the same drivers,” owner Aaron Kahn told NJ Advance Media Sunday.