Legal Opinion
Paul Mendel v. City of Gibraltar
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2013No. 12-1231PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBatchelder, C.J., joined by Merritt, J.,
KETHLEDGE, J. (pp. 572-74), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Chief Judge.
This case presents the question of whether purportedly volunteer firefighters who receive a substantial hourly wage for responding to calls whenever they choose to do so are “employees” or “volunteers” for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). Plaintiff-Appellant Paul Mendel was employed by Defendant-Appellee City of Gibraltar (“the City”) as a dispatcher in the City’s police department. After Mendel’s employment was terminated, he sued…
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