ESQUE v. DWD COMPANY, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION KEVIN ESQUE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:23-cv-01791-JRS-CSW ) DWD COMPANY, LLC, ) DANIEL BALLARD, ) WHITNEY RAWLINGS, ) DANAE SPANGLER, ) ) Defendants. ) Order on Motions to Dismiss and for Conditional Certification I. Introduction This is a trucking wage-and-hour case. Esque, a driver, alleges that he was not paid for ancillary work—like pre-trip truck inspections, fueling, and staging trips— he did while driving for DWD Company, a construction hauling business. He sues DWD and its owners, Ballard, Rawlings,…