STEVENS v. BRINK'S HOME SECURITY, INC.

No. 79815-0.

169 P.3d 473 (2007)

David STEVENS, Donald A. Goines, and Jeffrey R. Porter, on behalf of all others similarly situated, Respondents, v. BRINK'S HOME SECURITY, INC., Appellant, and Eddie Keeley Agnich (a/k/a Skip Keeley) and Howard Goakey, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided October 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Thieme, Leigh Ann Collings Tift, Littler Mendelson, James Zissler, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Appellants.

Martin S. Garfinkel, Adam J. Berger, Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, Jeffery Patton Robinson, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

Kristopher Ian Tefft, Olympia, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Association of Washington Business and Washington Retail Association.


OWENS, J.

¶ 1 A class comprised of 69 installation and service technicians (Technicians) filed an action against employer Brink's Home Security, Inc. (Brink's). Technicians alleged that Brink's violated the Washington Minimum Wage Act (MWA), chapter 49.46 RCW, by failing to compensate Technicians for time they spent driving company trucks from their homes to the first jobsite and back from the last jobsite (drive time). On summary judgment, the trial court held...

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