Class Actions Brief Blog

Not every class action court filing in North and South Carolina becomes a full-length post on our blog. Here is a recap of September's filings:

Dvorsky v. George Salama, D.C., No. 1:16-cv-01180 (M.D.N.C. September 27, 2016) (putative class action brought under the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act alleging that defendant chiropractic medical practice obtained protected personal information from DMV records and accident reports to market its chiropractic services in violation of the Act).

Sheffield v. BB&T Corp., et. al., No. 7:16-cv-00332 (E.D.N.C. September 23, 2016) (putative class action and collective action brought under FLSA and state wage and hour laws alleging defendant BB&T failed to pay call center employees for all time worked).

Andrulat v. 2015 Ventures, LLC, et. al., No. 2:16-cv-03183 (D.S.C. September 21, 2016) (collective action and class action brought under FLSA and state wage and hour laws brought by dancers claiming nightclub misclassified dancers as independent contractors and failed to pay minimum wage and overtime).

McLamb v. Paphos, Inc., et. al., No. 4:16-cv-03109 (D.S.C. September 14, 2016) (collective action and putative class action brought under FLSA and state wage and hour laws by restaurant employees for an improper “tip pool”).

Creech v. JEM Pizza Group, LLC, et. al., No. 2:16-cv-03087 (D.S.C. September 12, 2016) (collective action and putative class action brought under FLSA and state wage and hours laws alleging Pizza Hut’s policy for reimbursing pizza delivery drivers for the use of their vehicles causes the drivers’ hourly wages to fall below the minimum wage requirement).

Big Thyme Enters., Inc. v. Schwabe N. Am., Inc., et. al., No. 3:16-cv-03050 (D.S.C. September 8, 2016) (putative class action brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act alleging defendant faxed advertisements without plaintiffs’ consent).

Foster, et. al. v. Lowe’s Co., Inc., et. al., No. 5:16-cv-00161 (W.D.N.C. September 8, 2016) (collective action and putative class action brought under FLSA and state wage and hour laws alleging Lowe’s misclassified information technology workers and did not pay the workers for six weeks).

Career Counseling, Inc. v. Amerifactors Fin. Grp., LLC, et. al., No. 3:16-cv-03013 (D.S.C. September 2, 2016) (alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act for unsolicited faxes sent without plaintiffs’ consent).

George v. Toyota Motor Co., et. al., No. 2:16-cv-03006 (D.S.C. September 1, 2016) (putative class action alleging Toyota failed to repair defective dashboards in its vehicles and forced drivers to wait for repairs, despite promising to address the defects in the dashboards in exchange for settling a prior putative class action lawsuit from 2014).