Settlment Seen in Pair of Entertainment Company Parking Production Attendant Lawsuits
NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures and some production companies expect to have settlements worked out by month's end with parking lot attendants suing for being denied minimum wage and overtime pay. In a memo endorsement (in Pacer) filed Friday in U.S. District…
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Court in Manhattan, counsel for the plaintiffs and for NBCUniversal et al. said they reached a settlement in principle in July for a pair of lawsuits and have been working since then to finalize it. They also said a proposed settlement agreement should be submitted for preliminary approval by Oct. 28. Also named as defendants in the NBCUniversal suits were Bluegrass Films, Fuzzy Door Productions, Davis Entertainment, Woodridge Productions and Entertainment Partners. CBS and other production companies being similarly sued said in July they were discussing potential resolution (see 1607280059).