The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that Sleepy’s mattress delivery drivers who claim they were wrongly classified as independent contractors are entitled to class certification.

By a 2-1 margin, the appeals court said the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersery misapplied the ascertainability standard when it denied certification based on the plaintiffs’ failure to identify all class members by name.

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