Eckles v. City of Lubbock

BOYD, Justice.

Appellants Harold Eckles, James Dean, and James Vaughn bring this appeal from a take-nothing summary judgment. The judgment arises from a suit filed by them against appellees, the City of Lubbock and the Lubbock Fire Department. In the suit, appellants contend they were entitled to back pay at overtime rates for time they were required to be in an on-call status between April 30, 1984 and September 1, 1987. During that period, they allege, their on-call status was in effect seven *864days a week, twenty-four hours a day, excluding regular duty hours, sick days, training periods,…