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A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against the Asplundh Construction Corporation. The action is brought on behalf of all Florida residents who are either currently, or have been, employed by Asplundh as hourly wage earners and who have not been paid overtime by the company for all hours worked beyond 40 per week. The employees are seeking back pay, statutory damages as well as liquidated damages, injunctive and declaratory relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to voluntarily "opt-in" in order to be considered a member of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Cleaner’s Leader Inc. The case involves violations of federal labor law. No additional information about the substance of the allegations is available at this time. Classactionamerica.com will monitor this case and provide additional details as soon as they become available.

A national class action has been filed against prescription drug plan operator Express Scripts, Inc. on behalf of all U.S. citizens who were or are participants in or beneficiaries of any employer-provided prescription benefit plan (1) that required participants or beneficiaries to pay a percentage co-pay for prescription drugs and (2) for which Express Scripts, Inc. or one of its predecessors-in-interest or subsidiaries serves or has served as the plan's provider of prescription drugs at any time from October 1, 1997, through the present. The action is brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and claims that Express Scripts breached its fiduciary duty to plan participants and beneficiaries in several ways. The participants are seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and a court order requiring Express Scripts to make an accounting of and reimburse consumers and benefit plans all monies earned through allegedly unlawful activities.

Verizon Communications will pay almost $49 million to 12,326 past and present women employees as part of a settlement of a government suit claiming the company discriminated against pregnant women. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reached the settlement in 2002 after accusing Verizon's predecessors, Nynex Corp. and Bell Atlantic, of denying expectant mothers full pension benefits.

A national collective action has been filed in Florida against consumer electronics giant, Radioshack Corporation. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former store managers, who since April 2001, were not paid proper statutory overtime for all hours worked beyond 40 per week. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks back pay, interest, compensatory, statutory and liquidated damages as well as declaratory and injunctive relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to "opt-in" to the action in order to be considered part of the class. The managers have requested that the court issue notice to all potential class members.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Fire of Brazil III. The case involves violations of federal labor law. No additional information about the substance of the allegations is available at this time. Classactionamerica.com will monitor this case and provide additional details as soon as they become available.

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