Samuel Calderon v. GEICO General Insurance Company

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• stating that we will review the district court’s summary judgment decision on the merits de novo only if we determine that the district court did not abuse its discretion in assessing the motion before discovery
• finding “that there was no basis upon which a reasonable factfinder could conclude” the defendant’s conduct was willful where the legal issue involved “was a close and complex one”
• “On a NYLL wage claim, such as [the failure to pay overtime], an award of prejudgment interest is mandatory.”
• “The FLSA’s overtime requirement ‘was intended to spread employment by placing financial pressure on the employer and to compensate employees for the burden of a workweek in excess of the hours fixed in the Act.’”
• awarding prejudgment interest “to make the plaintiff whole” (cleaned up)

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