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Date: 10-31-2024
Case Style:
Elizabeth A. Acevedo, et al. v. Professional Transportation, Inc., and Ronald D. Romain
Case Number: 3:19-CV-24
Judge: RLY
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
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Defendant's Attorney: Not available.
Description:
Evansville, Indiana employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theies.
Professional Transportation’s employees drive railroad workers to their job sites in passenger vans. In 2014 a group of current and former drivers brought a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201–219 (FLSA), seeking damages for overtime and minimum-wage violations. The district court conditionally certified the collective action, and around 3,500 workers opted in. The judge later determined that the collective action was overbroad and decertified it, leaving the workers to pursue their claims individually.
Outcome: Dismissed.
Appeal dismissed because of lack of appellate jurisdiciton.
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