Court Decertifies Class in Dollar General Wage and Hour Lawsuit.GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. -- Dollar General Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DG) announced today that the judge in the collective action lawsuit pending against the Company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman, De Kalb, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Jackson, issued a ruling during the trial decertifying the class which had consisted of approximately 2,500 individuals. The case, styled Edith Brown Edith Eileen Brown (27 October, 1896 – 20 January, 1997) was one of the last remaining survivors of the RMS Titanic disaster of 1912. Edith was 15 years old when she boarded the RMS Titanic with her parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (née Ford) Brown, as Second-Class , on behalf of herself and others similarly situated similarly situated adj. with the same problems and circumstances, referring to the people represented by a plaintiff in a "class action," brought for the benefit of the party filing the suit as well as all those "similarly situated. v. Dolgencorp, Inc. and Dollar General Corporation, CV02-C-0673-W, asserts claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act Fair Labor Standards Act or Wages and Hours Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1938 to establish minimum living standards for workers engaged directly or indirectly in interstate commerce, including those involved in production of goods bound . The judge is allowing the 12 named plaintiffs in the lawsuit to proceed with their case. The Company plans to continue to defend its position in this case, and, at this time, does not believe an adverse resolution will have a material effect on the Company's financial statements taken as a whole. The Company presently does not know whether the plaintiffs intend to challenge the ruling. About Dollar General Dollar General is a Fortune 500(R) discount retailer with 8,164 neighborhood stores as of July 28, 2006. Dollar General stores offer convenience and value to customers by offering consumable basic items that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids and cleaning supplies, as well as a selection of basic apparel, house wares and seasonal items at everyday low prices. The Company store support center is located in Goodlettsville, Tennessee Goodlettsville is a city located in Tennessee. Goodlettsville was incorporated as a city in 1958 with a population of just over 3,000 residents. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 13,780. . Dollar General's Web site can be reached at www.dollargeneral.com. |
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