Buzzell, Jr. v. Florida Keys Ambulance Service, Inc. et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

4:19-cv-10190

Court:

Florida Southern

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Fair Standards

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Federico A. Moreno

Firms

  1. December 04, 2023

    Paramedics, EMTs And Fla. Ambulance Co. Settle OT Suit

    On the eve of a trial, a group of emergency medical technicians and paramedics told a Florida federal court that they reached a settlement with an ambulance service that they accused of not providing overtime.

  2. January 26, 2023

    Bankruptcy Delays New Trial For Paramedics, EMTs In OT Suit

    A group of emergency medical technicians and paramedics will have to wait for a new trial until after the Florida Keys ambulance service they sued for unpaid overtime plays out its bankruptcy, a Florida federal judge ruled Thursday.

  3. August 29, 2022

    Fla. Ambulance Co. Opts Against Retrying Case This Week

    A Florida federal judge on Monday told a Florida Keys ambulance service and the emergency medical technicians suing it for unpaid overtime wages that he was ready to retry the case this week, but the company balked at reopening the case informally without filing the requisite motions.

  4. August 23, 2022

    Fla. Judge Grants Ambulance Co. A Directed Verdict In OT Suit

    A Florida federal judge abruptly cut a trial short Monday, granting a directed verdict to a Florida Keys ambulance service before the attorney for the emergency medical technicians and paramedics suing for allegedly unpaid overtime wages had finished questioning his first witness.

  5. August 22, 2022

    Fla. Ambulance Co. Illegally Denied OT, EMTs Say At Trial Start

    Paramedics and emergency medical technicians suing a Florida Keys ambulance service told jurors Monday that contrary to what the company's owner will argue, they were employees who are due overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act, not independent contractors.

  6. June 13, 2022

    Paramedics' OT Suit Against Ambulance Co. Heads To Trial

    Neither paramedics nor the ambulance service they accused of stiffing them for hours spent on call raised enough indisputable evidence to secure a pretrial win in a wage suit, a Florida federal judge held Monday.

  7. April 08, 2022

    Paramedics' Job Status Takes Focus In Fight To Win OT Suit

    A group of paramedics and the EMS company they worked for each asked a Florida federal court to rule in their favor in the workers' overtime suit, arguing over whether the paramedics were employees and whether their on-call time should be compensable.

  8. April 02, 2021

    Judge Calls For Sanctions Over EMS Co.'s Conduct In OT Suit

    A Florida federal magistrate judge has recommended sanctions against an ambulance service for its "unacceptable" and "unjustifiable" failure to provide a complete list of potential collective members in an overtime suit.