September 21, 2026
A Pennsylvania airport authority snagged an early win Monday in a former K-9 police officer's lawsuit seeking overtime for caring for his bomb-detection dog, with a federal judge finding the care was not compensable work because the dog no longer provided services to the airport.
August 16, 2023
The Erie Regional Airport Authority dodged claims that it should have paid a K-9 police officer for time spent caring for his bomb-sniffing partner, as a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled that the officer needed to be more specific about his allegedly compensable hours.