February 06, 2024
A bottled water company's arguments that there was no evidence to support a jury's findings that it willfully violated federal overtime requirements are "out of touch" and completely rootless, a group of delivery workers told a Michigan federal judge, pushing back on the company's bid to undo their trial win.
December 19, 2023
A group of 21 bottled water delivery workers will receive roughly $193,000 in withheld overtime wages after a Michigan jury ruled that the employer's pay policies breached the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime pay requirements.
December 14, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor asked a Michigan federal court Thursday to quash Absopure Water Co.'s demand to turn over documents related to a years-old wage theft investigation, arguing the government has no role in private litigation between the company and workers accusing it of failing to pay overtime.
November 21, 2023
A Michigan federal judge agreed Tuesday to toll wage claims that expired before a collective could be certified in a suit accusing a bottled water company of failing to pay overtime, ruling it would be unfair to strip workers of their chance to sue because of delays they didn't cause.
November 13, 2023
A bottled water company in an emergency dismissal bid Monday urged a Michigan federal judge to sanction a group of workers suing for unpaid overtime wages, arguing dismissal as a sanction is warranted because the workers' counsel filed multiple false declarations to skew the case.
September 18, 2023
Absopure Water Co. asked a Michigan federal judge to cut nine truck drivers from a worker collective pursuing unpaid overtime wages, arguing that the workers missed their statutory window to sue.
August 21, 2023
A Michigan federal judge on Monday shot down a class of workers' request to sanction a bottled water company in their suit alleging that the company failed to pay them overtime, ruling that the bid did not show that the company made its argument in bad faith.
August 10, 2023
A class of workers suing a bottled water company alleging unpaid overtime urged a Michigan federal judge to impose sanctions on the company after it asked to extend discovery, telling the court it is "another frivolous and vexatious motion" that should not be entertained.
July 27, 2023
A bottled water company urged a Michigan federal judge to decertify a collective of workers in their unpaid overtime suit, telling the court that a recent Sixth Circuit ruling on collective certification in wage cases requires stronger proof that the workers have common claims.
May 24, 2023
A bottled-water company has "engaged in a pattern of bad-faith actions" to try to thwart the judicial process throughout the course of a class of truck drivers' unpaid overtime suit and should be hit with a default judgment on liability, the drivers told a Michigan federal judge.