Morales et al v. Farmland Foods

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Case overview

Case Number:

8:08-cv-00504

Court:

Nebraska

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Fair Standards

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Joseph F. Bataillon

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Companies

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  1. January 10, 2012

    Judge Favors Class Cert. In Farmland Don, Doff Suit

    A Nebraska magistrate judge on Monday advised the court to deny Farmland Foods Inc.'s bid for decertification of a collective action accusing the meat packer of stiffing workers on don and doff pay, saying that the employees are similarly situated enough to proceed together.

  2. February 02, 2011

    Judge Refuses To Toss FLSA Claims Against Farmland

    A federal judge has denied Farmland Foods Inc.'s latest attempt to dismiss employees' overtime pay claims for work-related activities under the Fair Labor Standards Act in a larger donning and doffing collective action.

  3. November 17, 2008

    Smithfield Faces Yet Another Class Action

    Smithfield Foods Inc. has been slammed with a proposed class and collective action alleging that it failed to pay the employees at its Crete, Neb., hog processing facility for time spent donning and doffing their uniforms and for other time worked.