Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP Announces That an Orange County Deputy Sheriff's Lawsuit Addressing Unpaid Overtime Has Been Granted Class Action Status.NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. & CLAREMONT, Calif. -- Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol and the Law Offices of Herbert Hafif announced today that on February 12, 2007, in the case of Reed v. County of Orange ("Reed"), the U.S. District Court, Central District of California granted the Reed lawsuit preliminary certification as a collective action on behalf of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs below the rank of sergeant. The Reed lawsuit was brought to the court by Gregory G. Petersen, a partner in Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP, who was then joined by Herbert Hafif of the Law Offices of Herbert Hafif. Ms. Reed, a Deputy Sheriff at the Orange County Central Jail Complex, and other deputies seek to recover unpaid overtime wages. The deputies contend that the Orange County Sheriff's Department Orange County Sheriff's Department could refer to several sheriff's offices in the United States including:
FLSA Fedora Legacy Security Advisory "). The lawsuit asserts that the County failed to properly compensate the deputies for the time spent performing required and integral pre-shift and post-shift activities such as attending briefings, court hearings, collecting and maintaining protective gear and specialized equipment, and other tasks benefiting the Orange County. As a result of the preliminary approval, the court has determined that a Notice of a Collective Action will be sent to current and former sheriff's deputies who can now opt-in to the Reed lawsuit as a class action lawsuit class action lawsuit A lawsuit in which one party or a limited number of parties sue on behalf of a larger group to which the parties belong. For example, investors may bring a class action lawsuit against a brokerage firm that has actively promoted a tax . The parties are finalizing the text of the Notice, which is expected to be sent out within the next month. Gregory G. Petersen of the law firm of Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP and Herbert Hafif of the Law Offices of Herbert Hafif are representing the plaintiffs' class. About Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP The law firm of Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP specializes in labor and employment law litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. and business litigation. The firm's areas of focus within labor and employment include civil rights, labor relations, contract negotiations, disciplinary actions, FLSA, California labor law labor law, legislation dealing with human beings in their capacity as workers or wage earners. The Industrial Revolution, by introducing the machine and factory production, greatly expanded the class of workers dependent on wages as their source of income. , discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour issues, and wrongful termination. Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP has a near 30-year history of representing public and private industry employees and their associations in contract negotiations, disciplinary actions, civil rights claims, and class action lawsuits related to wage and hours matters. The firm also has a history of success in recovering overtime wages from public and private employers through FLSA class action litigation, including recent cases against the City of Los Angeles
Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, 10 miles south of downtown Santa Ana. . More information on Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP can be found at www.cpk-law.com. About the Law Offices of Herbert Hafif The Law Offices of Herbert Hafif, located in Claremont, California and established in 1956, is comprised of plaintiff civil contingency litigation lawyers who are nationally recognized and highly regarded at the local level. Areas of practice include personal injury, class action, business and commercial litigation, insurance bad faith ''' Insurance bad faith refers to a claim that an insured person has against an insurance company for bad acts. Under the law of nearly every U.S. jurisdiction, Insurance companies owe a duty of good faith in dealing with the persons they insure. , breach of contract, product liability, wrongful termination and medical malpractice cases. More information on the Law Offices of Herbert Hafif can be found at www.hafif.com. |
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