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A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Texas against Diversicare Management Services Company. The case involves violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. 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 statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against Sabal Palm Nursery and Day Care Center, Inc. who operate under the name Flavors of Italy. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees, who since March 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 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 employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential class members.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Wadsworth Golf Construction. 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 class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of loan originators at Kansas based Bank of Blue Valley, Inc. The loan originators claim that they were supervised, treated, and controlled in the same manner as employees, and required to work hours far in excess of 40 per week. Notwithstanding this, the originators claim, they were paid as independent contractors on a commission basis and the amounts paid were far less than what would be required for employees, for straight pay and overtime, under federal labor laws. The loan originators seek back pay and other damages.

A statewide class action has been filed in New York against Courtesy Mobil Gas Stations, Inc. and its corporate owners, Sammy and Musa Eljamal. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees, who since January 1998, were allegedly not paid proper overtime compensation, not paid proper minimum wage, were defrauded of tax funds and who were forced to accept improper wages in the form of cash payments. The action is brought under various provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as well as New York labor law, and seeks statutory, liquidated and compensatory damages as well as back wages and injunctive and declaratory relief. The action is brought both as class action under state law, and as collective action under federal law. As a collective action, all potential claimants must "opt-in" to the case in order to be considered a claimant. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants to inform them of their rights.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Texas against Halliburton Company. 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.

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