A federal judge in Indiana on Monday granted FedEx Ground drivers in eight states class action status in their suit against FedEx Corp. that claims the company incorrectly classified them as independent contractors, Bloomberg reported. The judge also denied class action status to workers in three states in the same ruling.

States where class action status was granted include Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon and Utah. It was denied in Colorado, Connecticut and Vermont.

The case is in re MDL-1700 FedEx Ground Package System Inc. Employment Practices Litigation No. II.

Separately, Reuters reported that the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a Florida court's ruling denying FedEx Ground drivers class-action status.