Smith v. Ochsner Health System, No. 18-31264 (5th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseThe Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of defendants' motion for summary judgment in a Fair Labor Standards Act suit brought by plaintiff for unpaid overtime wages. The court held that the district court properly held that plaintiff was exempt, as a highly compensated employee, from the statutory mandate that employers provide overtime compensation for employees. In this case, plaintiff was an organ procurement coordinator, engaged in a literal procurement for the company. Therefore, the court held that plaintiff's duties directly related to the management or general business operations, that performance was customary and regular, and plaintiff waived his argument that he performed primarily manual work.
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