April 22, 2025
A search-and-rescue helicopter company is a common carrier by air that engages in interstate commerce and therefore can escape a proposed collective action brought by a group of employees who claimed unpaid overtime, a Louisiana federal judge ruled.
October 23, 2023
A Louisiana federal judge refused to toss an unpaid overtime suit a group of employees brought against a search-and-rescue helicopter company, admonishing the company's use of extraneous evidence that would have put the workers at a severe disadvantage.