Legal Opinion
Branch v. Dairy
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided June 19, 2019No. DOCKET NO. A-1313-17T1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MITTERHOFF, J.S.C. (temporarily assigned).
*950*534Plaintiff Elmer Branch and the putative class of similarly situated truck drivers appeal the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Cream-O-Land Dairy ("COL") and dismissal of their class-action complaint alleging a failure to pay overtime wages in violation of the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law ("WHL"), N.J.S.A. 34:11-56a to -56a38. The trial court determined that defendant was entitled to the WHL's good-faith defense, N.J.S.A. 34:11-56a25.2, based on its reliance on three determinations made by the New Jersey Department of…
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