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Haworth v. New Prime, Inc.

W.D. Mo.March 23, 2020No. 6:19-cv-03025
Defendant WinNew Prime, Inc.

Case Details

Nature of Suit
710 Labor: Fair Standards
Status
Unknown
Procedural Posture
Appeal affirming dismissal at motion to dismiss or summary judgment stage
Circuit
8th Circuit

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Claim Types

Wage TheftWorker Misclassification

Outcome

The Eighth Circuit affirmed dismissal of plaintiff's Fair Labor Standards Act claim, holding that New Prime's owner-operator classification of truck drivers was proper and did not constitute wage theft under federal law.

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