Legal Opinion
Sands v. Town of West Yellowstone
Montana Supreme Court
Decided May 8, 2007No. DA 06-0085PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cotter
¶1 Joe and Rhoda Sands, former emergency medical technicians (EMTs) for the Town of West Yellowstone (Town) sued the Town for failing to pay them for the hours they were on-call but were not actually responding to a call. The Sands moved for partial summary judgment seeking a determination that these on-call hours constituted compensable work under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Town opposed the Sands’ Motion and filed a cross-motion for complete summary judgment arguing that the subject on-call hours did not constitute compensable time under the FLSA. After a hearing, the District…
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