Stokes v. Consolidated Wings Investment, LLC

ENTRY ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

RICHARD L. YOUNG, CHIEF JUDGE

Plaintiff, Kimberly Stokes, a former bartender and server at Buffalo Wild Wings, filed this putative collective action asserting that her employer faded, to pay her minimum wage in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. *1099§ 201 et seq. She alleges that Defendant, Consolidated Wings Investment, LLC, paid her the reduced wage for tipped employees ($2.13 per hour) and then credited the tips she received from customers against its obligation to pay the full minimum wage ($7.25 per hour). Typically, such a…