City of Lubbock v. Eckles

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

The City of Lubbock and the Lubbock Fire Department, which are collectively referred to as the City, present an eleven-point attack against the trial court’s judgment, rendered on a jury’s verdict, ordering overtime compensation paid to Harold Eckles, James Dean and James Vaughn, who are collectively referred to as the firemen. The compensation was for back pay for overtime hours the firemen spent in continuous contact with the fire department by pager or telephone and were subject to call for immediate return to duty from 30 April 1984 to 1 September 1987, the period…