MELGAR v. OK FOODS

No. 17-2612.

902 F.3d 775 (2018)

Ana MELGAR, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Phaythoune Phengsouvanavong, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Ruben Iraburo, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. OK FOODS; OK Industries, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 29, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Holleman , Timothy A. Steadman , HOLLEMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.A., Little Rock, AR, Stephen M. Sharum , Fort Smith, AR, Gary William Udouj, Sr. , Ft. Smith, AR, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Ashley B. Abel , Donald Christopher Lauderdalem , JACKSON & LEWIS, Greenville, SC, Matthew Tancred Horan , Don A. Smith , SMITH & COHEN, Fort Smith, AR, Eric Russell Magnus , JACKSON & LEWIS, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before GRUENDER, MELLOY, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.


Employees of a chicken processing plant filed a lawsuit against their employer, OK Foods, Inc. and OK Industries, Inc. (collectively, "OK Foods"), alleging their employer failed to pay certain wages in violation of Arkansas state law and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. The...

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