Sommers Schwartz FLSA Practice - $11.3M Class Action Settlement

Attorneys Jason Thompson and Jesse Young brought a wage and hour case on behalf of exotic dancers working at a Déjà Vu gentleman's club.  Plaintiffs argued that the clubs did not pay the dancers a minimum wage.  Instead, the dancers were misclassified as independent contractors and paid the club at which they worked rent; paid each night out of the dance fees paid by customers. 

After three years of litigation, on July 15, 2011, an $11.3 million settlement was approved by final order of Judge Stephen J. Murphy III in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.