Prendergast v. City of Tempe

OPINION

GRANT, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellees brought a class action to secure a declaratory judgment that the thirty-minute meal period provided to City of Tempe police officers assigned to traffic or patrol division, from March 14, 1979 to December 31, 1980, constituted work for overtime purposes pursuant to A.R.S. § 23-392(A). The complaint also sought an accounting and an award of damages for overtime pay. The trial court entered judgment for the certified class and against appellant, the City of Tempe (City), holding that the meal period constituted compensable work time. Damages…