TOWNSEND v. MERCY HOSP. OF PITTSBURGH

No. 88-3209.

862 F.2d 1009 (1988)

Irene TOWNSEND on behalf of herself and all other similarly situated persons, Irene Townsend, Deborah Beck, Gayle P. Cochran, Alberta M. Dubinion, Joseph Gates, Gretchen Gorski, Toni Johnson, Gregg C. Lowery, Denise M. Maloy, Karen R. O'Toole, Romina A. Scott, Della Watkins, and Anita Williams, Appellants, v. The MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.J. Strassburger (argued), Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Potter, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants.

John C. Unkovic (argued), C. Arthur Dimond, Reed, Smith, Shaw and McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before SLOVITER, GREENBERG and COWEN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied December 19, 1988.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff/appellant, Irene Townsend, brought suit against The Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh (Mercy) on her own behalf and on behalf of others similarly situated to recover unpaid overtime compensation pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 216(b) (1982). Townsend alleged that Mercy had violated the basic overtime...

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