Ventura v. L. A. Howard Construction Company

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding the plaintiff should be awarded treble damages when violations of FLSA and D.C. law are alleged
• making one award of liquidated damages for claims under both the FLSA and DCMWA
• accepting alternative service by first-class mail completed in accordance with the court’s order
• “[T]he burden of proof is on the defendants to show that they acted ‘in good faith’ and had ‘reasonable grounds for believing’ that they were not violating the FLSA.”
• “The overwhelming weight of authority is that a corporate officer with operational control of a corporation’s covered enterprise is an employer along with the corporation, jointly and severally liable under the FLSA for unpaid wages.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).