Legal Opinion
Collado v. J. & G. Transport, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 21, 2016No. 15-14635PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Per curiam
Enrique Collado filed a collective action lawsuit under the Fair Labor Standards Act alleging that J. & G. Transport, Inc. (J & G) failed to pay its truck drivers for overtime work.1 J & G waived its contractual right to compel arbitration by participating in the litigation, but when Collado amended his complaint to add state law claims for breach of contract and quantum meruit, J & G moved to compel arbitration as to those new claims. The district court denied the motion to compel arbitration, finding that the addition of the state law claims did not unexpectedly change the scope or theory…
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