Legal Opinion
Kerness v. Austin Burke, Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 12, 1966No. 65-927PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENDRY, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, Louis Kerness, brought this action in the Civil Court of Record against his employer, Austin Burke, Inc., to recover overtime compensation, and an additional equal amount as liquidated damages and attorney’s fees allegedly due under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.1
In the complaint, plaintiff alleged that his employer was covered under § 3(s) of the Act.2 It was further alleged that in violation of said Act plaintiff worked forty-eight hours each week and was paid a salary of $100.00 per week from June 11, 1962 to August 4, 1964 and that notwithstanding the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Overnight Motor Transportation Co. v. MisselSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Bay Ridge Operating Co. v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Adair v. the Traco DivisionSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Goettel v. Glenn Berry Mfrs., Inc.District Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1964
- Goldberg v. Everbest Meat Products, Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1961
3Cited by2 opinions
- Snyder v. American Thrift & Finance Plan, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- Brothers v. Branch Motor Express Co.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1969