Attorney Peter Mavrick recently obtained dismissal of an employee’s federal and state law claims for race discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation against a medium sized corporation. The employee’s lawsuit followed the EEOC’s issuance of a right to sue letter against the employer corporation. The employee contended that the employment termination was based on race,…
Continue reading ›In a recent December 2010 Eleventh Circuit case, an employer had a favorable jury verdict overturned for failure to timely assert a crucial affirmative defense. In Diaz v. Jagmar Management Group, LLC, 2010 U.S.App.LEXIS 25361 (11th Cir. December 13, 2010), the Eleventh Circuit reversed a jury’s verdict that the employee was exempt from the federal…
Continue reading ›Abel v. Southern Shuttle Services, Inc., 620 F.3d 1271 (11th Cir. 2010), affirmed summary judgment for a shuttle company that was sued for overtime wages. The shuttle company won the case because it showed it was not subject to the federal overtime wage law, i.e., the Fair Labor Standards Act, because of an exemption under…
Continue reading ›FOURTH DCA OVERRULES WORK PRODUCT OBJECTIONS TO CONTENTION INTERROGATORIES Compelling meaningful responses to contention interrogatories seeking the basis for a party’s contentions in its complaint or affirmative defenses often meets mixed success. Until the Fourth DCA’s decision in Grinnell Corporation v. The Palms 2100 Ocean Boulevard, Ltd., 924 So.2d 887 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006), trial…
Continue reading ›EMPLOYER PREVAILS IN OVERTIME CASE BASED ON MOTOR CARRIER EXEMPTION Attorney Peter Mavrick recently successfully represented a Miami corporation, FLX of Miami, Inc. (“FLX”), that prevailed in an overtime wage case filed by a former employee. FLX transports freight in local, national, and international commerce. The case was venued in federal court in Miami, Florida.…
Continue reading ›Peter Mavrick, a Fort Lauderdale lawyer, successfully defended a professional recruiting business for alleged theft of trade secrets. The case was venued in Circuit Court, and followed departure of certain key employees from a company who then started their own business. Before hiring attorney Peter Mavrick, the client corporation tried to show the plaintiff corporation…
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