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A class-action lawsuit that alleges travelers and employees at Denver International Airport have been exposed to extensive mold and fungi contamination can proceed to trial, ruled the Colorado Court of Appeals. The city of Denver, which operates the airport, had sought dismissal of the lawsuit, claiming that it was protected by the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act. After Denver District Judge John McMullen refused to dismiss the suit, the city took the case to the Court of Appeals asking McMullen's decision be overturned.

A collection action has been filed against the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration and several of its employees on behalf of all employees of the administration who were not paid overtime compensation or minimum wage or were wrongly terminated after complaining to the administration about these payment discrepancies. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and is seeking unpaid wages, statutory damages, and declaratory relief.

Four former employees accused Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. of labor-code violations, fraud and false imprisonment, saying the clothing store failed to properly pay workers and detained them in stores after hours. The former sales associates said they were kept after work in locked stores for as many as 30 minutes while their purses and bags were examined to make sure they weren't stealing. They were not paid for the time they were detained, the plaintiffs say.

Financing your retirement can be a very frightening, and dangerous, thing if you don't know what you are doing. A class action has been filed against Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. and certain of its agents on behalf of a group of North Carolina BellSouth retirees who allege that the company gave them faulty financial planning advice in violation of state consumer protection laws.

Bank of America Corporation, the second largest American bank, agreed to pay as much as $9 million to settle a lawsuit brought by California loan department workers who claimed they had wrongly been denied overtime pay.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Eastern District Court of Texas against Cai, Inc. for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Class members seek to recover unpaid regular wages, overtime compensation, attorney's fees and costs of the litigation.

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