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McKEOWN v. KINNEY SHOE CORP.

No. S-4024.

820 P.2d 1068 (1991)

Joseph McKEOWN, Kevin Anderson, Terrance Smith and Robert Boyer, Petitioners, v. KINNEY SHOE CORPORATION, d/b/a Kinney Shoes, Footlocker and Lady Footlocker, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Grashin, David Grashin & Assoc., Anchorage, John E. Casperson, Faulkner, Banfield, Doogan & Holmes, Seattle, for petitioners.

William F. Mede, Scott J. Nordstrand, Owens & Turner, Anchorage, for respondents.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This case requires us to decide whether an employer and an employee may privately settle claims for liquidated damages arising under the Alaska Wage and Hour Act. We conclude that they may not.

I

Four individual plaintiffs brought class action wage and hour claims against Kinney Shoe Corporation. The claims were brought on behalf of six classes of past and present Kinney employees. All of the claims alleged violations...

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