December 13, 2023
A trucking company's bid to apply a new, stricter Sixth Circuit standard for collective action certification in wage and hour cases hit a wall, with a Kentucky federal judge ruling that notices to potential opt-in plaintiffs already were sent and the new test doesn't require restarting this crucial part of the process.
August 12, 2022
The owners of a trucking company cannot dodge an overtime lawsuit a worker added them to after collective certification, a Kentucky federal judge found in an order docketed Friday, saying they controlled the company's operations.
April 26, 2022
A group of truck drivers asked a Kentucky federal court to rule that a trucking company and its owner are covered by overtime obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act, saying that the two fall under the federal statute's enterprise coverage.
March 04, 2022
A trucking company's defense argument that a driver failed to exhaust administrative remedies in a collective action alleging unpaid overtime doesn't apply to federal or state law, a Kentucky federal judge ordered.
December 10, 2021
A group of drivers urged a Kentucky federal judge to ax two counter-arguments a trucking company made to fight claims it failed to pay them overtime, saying those arguments don't apply to the Fair Labor Standards Act and state law.
December 03, 2021
A group of drivers can pursue their claims as a collective in their suit alleging that a Kentucky trucking company failed to pay them overtime, after a federal judge found Friday that the group showed they all engaged in similar work.