6th Circuit: New State Law Interpretation Doesn’t Doom Certification, Settlement

Mealey's (January 5, 2017, 10:43 AM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A new interpretation of a Kentucky state law upon which a wage-and-hour class complaint was based doesn’t defeat certification of a class and approval of the parties’ settlement agreement, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Dec. 14 (William Whitlock, et al. v. FSL Management, LLC, et al., No. 16-5086, 6th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 22218)....

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