Miller v. Brightstar International Corp.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION TYLER MILLER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 3:20-cv-00313 ) BRIGHTSTAR INTERNATIONAL ) CORP. d/b/a BRIGHTSTAR CORP, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Faced with uncertainty during the early months of the global coronavirus pandemic, many companies, including Defendant BrightStar International Corporation d/b/a BrightStar Corp. (“Brightstar”), placed their employees on temporary unpaid leaves of absence (i.e. furloughs). But the problem with Brightstar’s approach is that some of its employees, including Plaintiff…