Brooks v. Gilbert , 1976 Ga. App. LEXIS 1656 ( 1976 )


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  • Clark, Judge.

    This is an action to recover overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 USCA § 201 et seq.). Summary judgment was awarded to defendant employer and plaintiff employee appealed.

    The evidence adduced upon the defendant’s summary judgment motion shows that the plaintiff worked as a secretary in defendant’s Georgia law firm; that the firm was engaged exclusively in the practice of law; that more than 80% of the firm’s annual dollar volume was generated within this state; and that the firm’s annual dollar volume never exceeded $225,000. Held:

    Submitted June 7, 1976 Decided June 11, 1976. Gilbert & Blum, Fred A. Gilbert, for appellee.

    The defendant was exempt from the overtime compensation provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 29 USCA § 213. Accordingly, the trial court did not err in awarding summary judgment to defendant.

    Judgment affirmed.

    Bell, C. J., and Stolz, J., concur.

Document Info

Docket Number: 52261

Citation Numbers: 139 Ga. App. 9, 1976 Ga. App. LEXIS 1656, 228 S.E.2d 16

Judges: Clark

Filed Date: 6/11/1976

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 11/8/2024