Spears v. Miller

Williams, PJ.

After leaving their jobs as administrative medical assistants, plaintiffs Ellen Spears (“Spears”) and Leslie Gabriel (“Gabriel”) brought suit against their former employers, Ronald Miller, M.D. and Crown Medical Group, P.C. (together, “Miller”) in 2006 to recover unpaid overtime wages. Miller moved to dismiss the complaint as time-barred. The motion judge allowed Miller’s motion on the basis that the statute of limitations, G.L.c. 151, §20A, applicable to the plaintiffs’ employment-wage claim limited the time in which to bring suit to two years. Given the low threshold a…