As indicated in a blog post in September 2011, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a Missouri overtime law firm, working in connection with Weinhaus & Potashnick, previously filed a class action lawsuit against St. Louis-based U.S. Auto Protection and U.S. Auto Warranty to recover unpaid overtime for a group of sales representatives. At relevant times, U.S. Auto Protection was in […]

In late November 2011, two Steak ‘n Shake employees filed suit in a Georgia federal court against the Stake ‘n Shake restaurant chain. Stake ‘n Shake has nearly 500 locations in 22 states and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Biglari Holdings, Inc. Justin Beecher and Priscilla Cain filed the suit. They are current Steak ‘n Shake employees,

Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a Missouri employment law firm, working in connection withWeinhaus & Potashnick, has filed a racial harassment lawsuit against Panera, LLC, the St. Louis-based company that owns and operates the well-known Saint Louis Bread Company restaurants. The Plaintiffs are a group of current and former Panera employees who worked at the Saint Louis Bread Company

In October 2011, a federal judge in New York upheld a magistrate’s decision to certify a collective action lawsuit brought on behalf of current and former claims examiners employed by Government Employees Insurance Co. (GEICO), a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary. The suit alleges that GEICO refused to pay the claims examiners overtime. Candace Harper originally filed the lawsuit in 2009. Harper,

On November 11, 2011, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a Missouri employment law firm, working in connection with Kuhlmann, LLC, filed a class action employment lawsuitagainst Human Development Corporation, a St. Louis-based company, as well as several of HDC’s individual officers and directors. The class action lawsuit alleges that HDC and its officers and directors committed numerous violations

In the case of Lanktree, et al. v. I-70 Towing, et al., Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a Missouri employment law firm, working in connection with Weinhaus & Potashnick, recently negotiated a settlement on behalf of a group of tow truck drivers who were suing their former employer, I-70 Towing, for unpaid wages. The lawsuit was originally filed in

On October 11, 2011, a call center worker formerly employed by Stream Global Services filed a class action lawsuit against the company in a federal court in Oregon for violations of federal and state wage-and-hour laws. Stream operates a call center, providing customer relations, sales, and technical support. The suit alleges that Steam, by requiring its

In early October 2011, Pamela Roberts, a former Gibson Guitar employee, asked a Tennessee federal judge to certify her wage and hour claim against Gibson as a collective action. Ms. Roberts alleges that Gibson illegally failed to pay her for time she spent working during lunch breaks, as well as hours she worked before and after her

When a person is the victim of an illegal act, that person usually has the right to file a lawsuit against the party who they believe violated some law. The person who files such a lawsuit is referred to as a “plaintiff;” the person they sue is called a “defendant;” together, the plaintiff and defendant