In a class action by insurance adjusters seeking overtime benefits under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), summary judgment for plaintiffs is reversed where the undisputed fact that the adjusters exercised “some discretion” meant that they were exempt from overtime pay as administrative employees under the FLSA.
Read Robinson-Smith v. Gov’t. Employees Ins. Co., No. 08-7146
Appellate Information
Argued October 15, 2009
Decided January 5, 2010
Judges
Opinion by Judge Henderson
Counsel
For Appellant:
Eric Hemmendinger, Glen Donath and Bruce S. Harrison, Shawe Rosenthal, LLP, Baltimore, MD
For Appellees:
Charles E. Tompkins, Thomas V. Urmy Jr., and Todd Heyman, Hausfeld LLP, Washington, DC
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