Tiftarea Shopper, Inc. v. Maddox

Benham, Judge.

Maddox sued her former employer, The Tiftarea Shopper, Inc. (Tiftarea) under the Fair Labor Standards Act (the Act) (29 USCA § 207 et seq.) for 773.25 hours of overtime she had worked between August 4, 1984, and October 4, 1985. She claimed that she was entitled to one and one-half times her regular hourly wage of $6.25 for those hours. After a jury trial, judgment was entered in her favor in accordance with the jury award of $2,416.40 for overtime pay, $2,416.40 for liquidated damages, and $3,000 for attorney fees. Tiftarea filed this appeal, and we affirm the judgment.

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