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11th Circ. Revives Atty s Fee Bid After Judge Awarded Him $0
Law360 (February 1, 2021, 11:32 PM EST) The Eleventh Circuit revived a lawyer s attempt to secure attorney fees for his time working on a $551 Fair Labor Standards Act suit for his client, finding Monday that a key part of the district court s decision not to give the attorney anything relied on unsubstantiated claims.
In an unpublished, unanimous decision, the panel found that the lower court magistrate judge took as fact the claim made by the defendant, South Florida Woman s Health Associates Inc., that it mailed a paycheck to the last known address of plaintiff Mitzy Batista, even though this claim was never supported by the medical practice..
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Frances Watland, 89, was the first resident of The Lodge at Brookline to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.
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The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine reached an Oklahoma nursing home on Tuesday.
CVS Health gave doses to residents and staff of The Lodge at Brookline in Oklahoma City under a partnership with the federal government that will see them serve 176 long-term care facilities in the state. The first shots were given to 89-year-old resident Frances Watland and registered nurse Pam Byers.
Nursing home residents and staff are in phase one of the state s vaccination plan. The Lodge is operated by the Diakonos Group, and CEO Scott Pilgrim said he’s disheartened by what he hears about COVID from many younger people.