Abercrombie to Pay $2 Million in Overtime Settlement
January 23, 2006
Los Angeles Business Journal by Emily Bryson York
These days, lawyers are working overtime for someone else’s overtime pay.
The Quisenberry Law Firm recently negotiated a $2 million settlement with Abercrombie & Fitch Co. for overtime of 250 store managers in the state of California.
The complaint charged that Abercrombie classified its store managers as exempt from overtime although their duties legally entitled them to overtime pay. Abercrombie could not be reached for comment.
The firm is trying similar cases against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and IKEA International A/S. They have settled overtime lawsuits with Big Lots Inc., The Coca-Cola Co., Dr. Pepper/Seven-Up Bottling Group and Bed, Bath & Beyond Inc.
Specializing in plaintiffs’ work and consumer cases, the Century City firm has eight lawyers and focuses on class action, construction defect and insurance bad faith.
Reprinted with permission of the Los Angeles Business Journal.
