Martha Skidmore Clark v. J.M. Benson Co., Inc.

HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

Martha Skidmore Clark sued her former employer J.M. Benson Company, Inc. (Benson) for failure to pay overtime compensation in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. At the close of plaintiff’s case, the district court directed a verdict for Benson on the ground that Clark was, as a matter of law, an administrative employee exempt from the Act’s protection. Clark appeals, claiming that the district court erred in allocating the burden of proof and evaluating the evidence relating to the Act's exemptions. We agree and therefore reverse.