5th Cir. Weighs What Federal Wage Suits Need to Avoid Dismissal

The fundamental components that workers must include in federal wage-and-hour lawsuits will be reviewed by a federal appeals court in New Orleans today during oral argument in a case that could make it harder for claims to survive early dismissal.

Three former truck drivers are challenging a Texas federal judge’s ruling that threw out their Fair Labor Standards Act claim against Black Magic Enterprises, a now-defunct oilfield services company. The judge found that the workers’ lawsuit didn’t show that they were covered by the law or contain other essential facts about their allegations that they were underpaid and sometimes not ...