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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Denial of Overtime Compensation

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IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

CENTRAL DIVISION 

DOROTHY BROCK-BURCHETT 

v. No. 4:20-cv-374-DPM 

MCNEW FABRICATION, INC. and 

JEFFREY MCNEW 

ORDER 

PLAINTIFF 

DEFENDANTS 

Jeffrey McNew admitted in his answer that he and his corporation 

employed Brock-Burchett. Doc. 10 at ,r 23. He now moves to dismiss 

the claims against himself, arguing failure to state a claim based on his 

exclusively corporate role. Doc. 11; FED. R. CIV. P. 12(b)(6). BrockBurchett' s co-employment claims are plausible. The federal and state 

statutes create a broad category of who qualifies as an "employer." 29 

U.S.C. §§ 203(a) & (d); ARK. CODE ANN. § 11-4-203(4)(A). BrockBurchett has alleged McNew' s involvement with and authority over 

her employment with sufficient particulars to bring him within the 

statutes' category. Wirtz v. Pure Ice Co., 322 F.2d 259, 262-63 (8th Cir. 

1963). Motion, Doc. 11, denied. 

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So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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