Legal Opinion
Spoerle v. Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided June 16, 2009No. 07-cv-300-bbcPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
BARBARA B. CRABB, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Jeff Spoerle, Nick Lee, Kathi Smith and Jason Knudtson brought this combined collective action under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and class action under state law, contending that hourly employees at the Oscar Mayer plant in Madison, Wisconsin should be paid for the time spent donning and doffing a number of safety and sanitation articles and walking to and from their work stations at the beginning and end of their shifts. In its original motion for summary judgment, defendant Kraft Foods Global, Inc. argued that federal law…
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