Labor/Employment,
Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 17, 2022
Minor Leaguers are employers, jurist says
Former MLB player and minor league pitcher Garrett R. Broshuis of Korein Tillery LLC, one of the plaintiffs’ counsel, argued in hearings for summary judgment that if the minor leaguers are employees year-round, plaintiffs essentially win the case.
Minor league baseball players are employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act throughout the calendar year, a federal jurist has ruled in a 181-page opinion striking a major blow to the leagues defense in an upcoming trial.
Former MLB player and minor league pitcher Garrett R. Broshuis of Korein Tillery LLC, one of the plaintiffs' counsel, argued in hearings for summary judgment that if the minor leaguers are employees year-round, plaintif...
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