Hootselle Lawsuit

Webfour years after a massive jury verdict in the plaintiffs’ favor and 16 months after the missouri supreme court sent them back for another try, a missouri judge has approved. Webin the missouri court of appeals western district thomas hootselle, jr. , et al.

, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and missouri. Webin 2012, the corrections officers filed a class action lawsuit, 2 alleging mdoc breached its statutory obligations under the flsa and its contractual duties under the. Missouri department of corrections. Weba cole county jury on aug. 15 awarded a group of missouri prison employees a verdict of $113 million for unpaid activities performed before and after their.

Webcorrections officer thomas hootselle jr. And other officers sued the doc, on behalf of a proposed class of more than 13,000 officers, for allegedly failing to pay them. Webit also awarded named plaintiffs hootselle, dicus and huff $25,000 each as a service award, and ordered the remainder of the judgment to be divided among the.