Employment Law
Class Action
Wages and Hours
Roberts v. Best Buy Stores, L.P.
Published: Dec. 15, 2007 | Result Date: Jun. 19, 2007 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: C02-01642 Settlement – $13,750,000
Court
Contra Costa Superior
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Arthur W. Lazear
(Lazear Mack LLP)
Defendant
Roman M. Silberfeld
(Robins Kaplan LLP)
Facts
Plaintiff class consisting of 858 in-store assistant managers employed in California Best Buy store between June 4, 1998 to Feb. 28, 2003. The plaintiffs contended class members were improperly classified as exempt from California overtime requirements, and unlawfully denied overtime compensation for overtime hours worked.
The defendant denied that class members were improperly classified as exempt.
Result
Plaintiff class settled for $13,750,000.
Other Information
FILING DATE: June 4, 2002.
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