This is a class action case filed on behalf of correction and detention officers of CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC for failure to pay employees for all hours worked, failure to pay minimum and overtime wages, and failure to timely pay all wages due. Defendant CoreCivic employed Plaintiff and other similarly situated individuals as non-exempt… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Correctional Officers
Nevada Corrections Department Officer Win At Ninth Circuit
The attorneys at Thierman Buck, LLP have been fighting for over 3,000 current and former Correctional Officers who are tasked with keeping Nevada’s prisons, prisoners, and public safe for the past five years in the CO’s lawsuit against the Nevada Department of Corrections. In their lawsuit the CO’s allege they are required to complete thirty… Read more »
Partner Josh Buck Argues Before The Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit
March 13, 2019. Josh Buck argued on behalf of correctional officers against their employer, the Nevada Department of Corrections (“NDOC”) asserting that NDOC has waived its sovereign immunity from suit, thus allowing for the correctional officers to sue for unpaid wages in court. The questions presented to the Court were: (1) Whether the State of… Read more »
Missouri Corrections Officers Win $113M Verdict In Wage Class Action
Law360 (August 16, 2018, 9:26 PM EDT) — A central Missouri jury has awarded $113.7 million to a class of 13,000 corrections officers, after the officers alleged the Missouri Department of Corrections failed to pay them for work they did before and after shifts at prisons across the Show-Me State. The verdict on Tuesday… Read more »
Reno Gazette Journal Reports On Nevada Department of Corrections Case
The State of Nevada could be on the hook for $60 million for unpaid work done by correctional officers at Nevada’s prisons. The Reno Gazette Journal recently published an article that quotes founding Partner, Mark R. Thierman’s thoughts on the case. Nevada state prison guards — already under fire for budget-busting overtime payments… Read more »
NDOC adv. Walden
This collective and class action lawsuit was filed on May 12, 2014 on behalf of correctional officers employed at various correctional facilities throughout the state of Nevada. UPDATE May 2023 Settlement checks have been mailed to class members via USPS on May 8, 2023. UPDATE March 2023 Final Approval of Settlement Granted by Court… Read more »
