Convenience Store Operators’ Federal Wage Claim Survives Judgment On Pleadings Motion

Mealey's (February 20, 2020, 1:23 PM EST) -- GREENSBORO, N.C. — A federal judge in North Carolina on Feb. 18 partially granted a motion for partial judgment on the pleadings filed by a convenience store franchisor and the landlord for a North Carolina location but allowed the franchisees, who allege that they were misclassified and were really employees, to proceed with their federal claim seeking unpaid overtime along with a claim for national origin discrimination (Amro Elsayed, et al. v. Family Fare LLC, et al., No. 18-1045, M.D. N.C., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27064)....