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A national collective action was filed in Florida on 2/2/2004 against lending giant, Oak Street Mortgage, LLC. The action was brought on behalf of all current and former loan officers, who since February 2001, were not paid proper statutory overtime for all hours worked beyond 40 per week. The action was brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks back pay, 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. On 5/18/2004, the Magistrate Judge recommended conditionally certifying a class of all loan officers employed by Oak Street at one of its branch offices located in Greenville, South Carolina, Atlanta, Georgia, St. Petersburg, Florida or Ocala, Florida.

Continental Tire North America Inc. retirees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company over medical benefits.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Florida against Seisint, Inc. The case involves violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 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.

The $88.8 million verdict has been upheld in any class action filed against farmers insurance exchange on behalf of current and former claims representatives, who allege that the insurer violated California labor law when it failed to pay them overtime pay from October 1, 1993, to the present. Persons eligible to take part in the action should contact the attorneys for the class. No money will be distributed until all possible appeals are exhausted.

A national collective/class action has been filed in New York against The Eastman Kodak Company. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former technical support specialists or engineers, customer or technical support staff or repair and/or service staff from all Kodak operations, who since May 1998, 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 as well as New York and other state labor laws and seeks back pay, statutory and liquidated damages as well as declaratory and injunctive relief. As a collective action under federal law, all potential claimants are required to "opt-in" to the action in order to be considered part of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential class members. The state law claims are brought as standard class action claims with no requirement to "opt-in".

A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida federal court against DSI Delivery Corporation. The action is brought on behalf of all employees who (1) worked overtime hours for which they were not compensated or (2) were not paid minimum wage. The drivers are seeking back pay as well as statutory and liquidated damages. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, Florida labor laws and Florida contract law.

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