Richmond County Circuit Court May 10, 2000, Case No. LB-2505-1 (Griffin v. Virginia Department of Transportation)

By Judge Melvin R. Hughes, Jr.

In separate suits by 350 individual plaintiffs, claims are made under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act for overtime pay. The plaintiffs are all highway inspectors employed by the Virginia Department of Transportation. Last year, sixty plaintiffs were consolidated in one trial. That trial resulted in verdicts for the defendants. The remaining cases are pending.