Karlson v. Action Process Service & Private Investigations, LLC

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

In 2007, college student Jeffrey Karlson began serving legal process for Action Process Service & Private Investigations, LLC (“APS”), a new company that owner Loretta Foster was running out of her mobile home. Karlson signed a Process Server Agreement reciting that he “is an independent contractor with respect to [APS].” Seven years later, Karlson began serving process for an APS competitor and soon filed this lawsuit against APS and Foster to recover unpaid overtime wages allegedly owed under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq., and the…