Darriest Likes v. DHL Express (USA), Inc. |
In this putative class action, plaintiff Darriest Likes1 appeals the district |
Kevin Hanlin v. Cavalry Portfolio Services and Patrick Lopez |
Tulsa, OK - Kevin Hanlin sued Cavalry Portfolio Services and Patrick Lopez on employment law theories claiming: |
United States Department of Labor v. Jan Charles Gray |
Piere, SD - The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) and the United States Department of Labor (DOL) recently secured a consent judgment of over $8,000.00 and a permanent injunction in South Dakota District Court, ordering Jan Charles Gray and his businesses in Custer, South Dakota, to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and to pay back wages and overtime pay owed to former employe... More... $0 (04-17-2015 - SD) |
Hector Navarro v. Encino Motorcars, L.L.C. |
We consider here a question of first impression for our |
Jeffrey Stein, D.D.S., M.S.D., P.A. v. Buccaneers Limited Partnership |
This case presents the question whether a defendant may moot a class action through an unaccepted Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 offer of complete relief to the named plaintiffs—but not to class members—before the named plaintiffs move to certify the class. In the circumstances of this case, the answer is no. We join the majority of circuits that have addressed the issue. |
Brandon Alberts, et al. v. The Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County, Colorado, et al. |
Current and former employees (Employees) of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s |
Greg Landers v. Quality Communications, Inc. |
Plaintiff-Appellant Greg Landers (Landers) appeals from |
Crystal Litz v. The Saint Consulting Group, Inc. |
Appellants Crystal Litz and |
Maria Rebolledo v. Tilly's Inc. |
Tilly’s Inc. and World of Jeans & Tops, Inc. (hereafter collectively referred to in the singular as Employer) appeal from the trial court’s order denying its motion to compel arbitration of Maria Rebolledo’s putative class action regarding statutory wage claims. We agree with the trial court’s conclusion the parties’ arbitration agreement expressly excluded statutory wage claims from the... More... $0 (08-06-2014 - CA) |
Lori Rhea v. General Atomics |
This appeals presents a challenge to General Atomics' employment practice of requiring exempt employees to use their annual leave hours when they are absent from |
Kevin Johnson v. Heckmann Water Resources (CVR) |
The district court granted Defendants–Appellees’ motion for summary judgment, finding that they did not violate the overtime wage requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by using a Monday through Sunday workweek to calculate overtime compensation. We affirm. |
Leonard Avila v. Los Angeles Police Department |
Leonard Avila, a police officer, periodically worked |
Arshavir Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC |
In this case, we again address whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts a state law rule that restricts enforcement of terms in arbitration agreements. Here, an employee seeks to bring a class action lawsuit on behalf of himself and similarly situated employees for his employer‘s alleged failure to compensate its employees for, among other things, overtime and meal and rest periods. Th... More... $0 (06-23-2014 - CA) |
Jayquan Brown v. New York City Department of Education and Joshua Laub |
Plaintiff Jayquan Brown appeals from a judgment entered on December 13, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Paul A. Crotty, Judge), in favor of defendants the New York City Department of Education (‚DOE‛) and DOE principal Joshua Laub. The district court awarded DOE summary judgment on Brown’s federal claim for relief under the Fair Labor Standard... More... $0 (06-18-2014 - NY) |
Samuel Duran v. U.S. Bank National Association |
We encounter here an exceedingly rare beast: a wage and hour class action that proceeded through trial to verdict. Loan officers for U.S. Bank National Association (USB) sued for unpaid overtime, claiming they had been misclassified as exempt employees under the outside salesperson exemption. (Lab. Code, § 1171.) This exemption applies to employees who spend more than 50 percent of the workday en... More... $0 (05-29-2014 - CA) |
Chester Rouse v. Grand River Dam Authority and Daniel S. Sullivan |
¶1 On February 25, 2013, Chester Rouse filed a wrongful termination suit against the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) and Daniel S. Sullivan. The petition alleged GRDA and Mr. Sullivan terminated Mr. Rouse on February 17, 2012, in retaliation for filing an overtime complaint under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201 through § 219. Retaliation for filing such a complaint is forb... More... $0 (05-20-2014 - OK) |
Henry Jong v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. |
Plaintiff Henry Jong appeals from a summary judgment entered against him in his action for unpaid overtime for alleged “off-the-clock” work as an hourly “Outpatient Pharmacy Manager” (OPM) for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (collectively, Kaiser). He contends the trial court erroneously held his proffered evidence insufficient to create a triable issue ... More... $0 (05-20-2014 - CA) |
Charles David v. Unified School District 500 |
Charles Davis has been employed as a custodian with Unified School District No. 500 (“USD 500”) since 1991. In 2007, the school board considered a recommendation to terminate his employment when he was found lying naked on his stomach, sunbathing on the roof of the elementary school where he worked. Instead, the Board decided upon a suspension without pay for thirty days and demoted him from h... More... $0 (05-05-2014 - KS) |
Gregory Saffer v. JP Morgan Chase Bank |
Plaintiff and appellant Gregory Saffer worked for Washington Mutual Bank (WaMu) between May 2007 and January 2008. In September 2008, WaMu failed. In short order, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was appointed as receiver for the bank, and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JPMC) purchased some of WaMu’s assets and liabilities. The FDIC published notices informing creditors that claims ... More... $0 (04-29-2014 - CA) |
El Paisano Northwest Highway, Inc. v. Irma Arzate |
Appellant El Paisano Northwest Highway, Inc. asserts seven issues in its appeal of a no-answer default judgment entered in favor of appellee Irma Arzate. In its first issue, El Paisano complains the trial court erred by granting Arzate’s motion for default judgment; in its remaining issues, it contends the trial court erred by denying its motion for new trial. The background of the case and the ... More... $0 (04-14-2014 - TX) |
Tina R. Haro v. City of Los Angeles |
Because of an exemption written into the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), Los Angeles City employees “engaged in fire protection” (i.e. firefighters) do not receive standard overtime pay—time and a half for all hours worked over forty in one workweek. Instead, firefighters receive overtime only after working 212 hours in a twenty-eight-day period. |
Calvin Barton v. House of Raeford Farmers, Inc. d/b/a Columbia Farms |
Numerous former employees and some current employees of House of Raeford Farms, Inc., d/b/a Columbia Farms, Inc., (“Columbia Farms”), a chicken processor in Greenville, South Carolina, commenced three separate actions against Columbia Farms, asserting two types of claims: first, for the payment of unpaid wages, withheld in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 20... More... $0 (03-12-2014 - SC) |
Diego Gaines v. K-Five Construction Corporation |
In the final days of his employment at K-Five Construction, Diego Gaines questioned the roadworthiness of two different trucks that he was assigned to drive. Management took steps to address Gaines’s concerns, |
Joseph Travers v. Flight Services & Systems, Inc. |
Appellee Flight Services fired Appellant Joseph Travers as he pursued a lawsuit against the company under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). Flight Services says it terminated Travers for violating company policy. Travers says he was fired in retaliation for his FLSA lawsuit. Because a reasonable jury could return a verdict for Travers without relying on improbable inferences or unsupported s... More... $0 (12-12-2013 - MA) |
Miguel G. Perez v. AC Roosevelt Food Corporation |
16 AC Roosevelt Food Corporation and Antonio Collado appeal from an |
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