Legal Opinion
Dennis Benson, Michael Clarey, John Zimmer, William Riddock, Obrad Zivojnovity and Patrick Clayton v. Universal Ambulance Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1982No. 80-1661PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLEN, District Judge.
Appellant, Universal Ambulance Service, Inc., operates a private ambulance service and employs appellees, Dennis Benson, Michael Clarey, John Zimmer, William Rid-dock, Obrad Zivojnovity, and Patrick Clayton, as drivers, attendants and dispatchers. Appellees are paid a straight salary for a seventy-two hour work week, divided into three twenty-four hour shifts. The District Court upheld appellees’ challenge under Section 207 of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., ruling that appellees were entitled to overtime compensation at the rate of one and…
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