Litigation
Jul. 11, 2012
Security guards win rest period class action before trial
In a pre-trial ruling, a class of 15,000 current and former security guards has been awarded $89.7 million in wages, interest and penalties for being required to be on call during rest breaks.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - In a pre-trial ruling that the lead plaintiffs' attorney called "extremely rare," a class of 15,000 current and former security guards has been awarded $89.7 million in wages, interest and penalties for being required to be on call during rest breaks.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge John Shepard Wiley Jr. granted the plaintiff class' motion for summary judgmen...
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