HUFF v. DEKALB COUNTY, GA.

No. 07-10862.

516 F.3d 1273 (2008)

Sheryl L. HUFF, R. Scott Huff, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, Defendant-Appellee, David A. Foster, individually and officially in his capacity as Fire Chief of the DeKalb County Fire & Rescue Services, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. Prabhaker Reddy, The Reddy Law Firm, P.C., Karen Marie Patten, Law Offices of Karen M. Patten, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Howard Walter Indermark, Jones & Indermark, Duluth, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, ANDERSON and COX, Circuit Judges.


COX, Circuit Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

The primary issue in this case is whether a group of paramedics, who are employed by a county fire department and trained in fire suppression, have the "responsibility to engage in fire suppression" under 29 U.S.C. § 203(y), and are accordingly partially exempt from the normal forty-hour overtime schedule established by the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq. We conclude that...

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