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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Nichols Kaster, PLLP and Berger Montague PC announce that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation, and Health Options Inc. (collectively, Defendants) have paid $25,000.00 to a former Concurrent Review Nurse for unpaid overtime wages.
The nurse filed a lawsuit on September 4, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida,
Riviere v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., et al., No. 1:20-cv-23709-CMA (S.D. Fla.), alleging that Defendants violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ( FLSA ) by misclassifying her and other utilization review nurses as exempt and not paying additional compensation for their overtime hours worked. Defendants denied liability but offered to have judgment entered against them and agreed to pay $25,000.00 to the named plaintiff, plus reasonable attorneys fees and costs. Judgment was entere