SPIRES v. BEN HILL COUNTY

No. 90-8882.

980 F.2d 683 (1993)

Fred SPIRES, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BEN HILL COUNTY, d/b/a Ben Hill Emergency Medical Service, the Ben Hill County Commissioners, Ed Drexler, Freddie Sawyer and John Bishop, individually and in their official capacity as Commissioners, Defendants-Appellants. David Allen SANDERS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BEN HILL COUNTY, d/b/a Ben Hill Emergency Medical Service, the Ben Hill County Commissioners, Ed Drexler, Freddie Sawyer and John Bishop, individually and in their official capacity as Commissioners, Defendants-Appellants. Ray L. MERCER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BEN HILL COUNTY, d/b/a Ben Hill Emergency Medical Service, the Ben Hill County Commissioners, Ed Drexler, Freddie Sawyer and John Bishop, individually and in their official capacity as Commissioners, Defendants-Appellants. Suzy Stone MERCER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BEN HILL COUNTY, d/b/a Ben Hill Emergency Medical Service, the Ben Hill County Commissioners, Ed Drexler, Freddie Sawyer and John Bishop, individually and in their official capacity as Commissioners, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 4, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Mendel Katz, Thomas F. Richardson, Chambless Higdon & Carson, Macon, Ga., Robert W. Chasteen, Jr., Mills & Chasteen, P.C., Fitzgerald, Ga., for defendants-appellants.

John Edward Smith, III, Jay Sherrell & Smith, Fitzgerald, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before HATCHETT and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge.


CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether defendant-appellant Ben Hill County, Georgia is liable under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 19381 ("FLSA") to plaintiff-appellees, employed as Emergency Medical Technicians, for overtime pay, and, if so, how such pay should be calculated under this Act and its supporting regulations. This case is decided along with O'Neal et al. v. Barrow County Board of Commissioners...

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