MIAMI – A retired trainer for an auto club alleges the club failed to pay him overtime.
Otis Lowery filed a complaint on Sept. 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against The Auto Club Group Inc., doing business as AAA Auto Club Group, citing the Fair Labor Standards Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that he worked for more than 40 hours without being paid any overtime compensation. The plaintiff holds The Auto Club Group Inc. responsible because the defendant allegedly failed to pay plaintiff at a rate of time-and-one-half for hours worked that exceeded 40 per week.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks damages, liquidated damages, all legal fees and any other relief as this court deems just. He is represented by Gina Marie Cadogan of Gina M. Cadogan PA in Plantation and Christine E. Howard and Candice Pinares-Baez of Fisher & Phillips LLP in Fort Lauderdale and Tampa.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Case number 9:16-cv-81637-DMM