Opinion ID: 1445904
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Field Claims Representative and Property Specialist Positions

Text: The plaintiffs' only argument on appeal regarding the Field Claims Representative and Property Specialist positions is that triable issues of fact preclude summary judgment for CCS. However, they identify no issues of material fact specific to either of these positions. At oral argument we asked plaintiffs' counsel for an example of a factual dispute involving either position. Counsel cited the fact that CCS's adjusting manual and estimating software significantly limited the degree of discretion and judgment exercised by these employees. This is not a factual dispute. There is no disagreement about whether CCS's adjusting manual and estimating software govern the claims adjustment process; they do. The parties' dispute is about the legal consequences of that undisputed fact: that is, whether the manual and software so limit the employees' discretion as to make the administrative exemption inapplicable. See Worthington, 475 U.S. at 714, 106 S.Ct. 1527 (The question of how the respondents spent their [time at work] is a question of fact. The question whether their particular activities excluded them from the overtime benefits of the FLSA is a question of law. . . . ). We have already determined that the manual and software do not eliminate the discretion and judgment exercised by an MDA; the plaintiffs have not offered any additional argument specific to the Field Claims Representative or Property Specialist positions. Accordingly, the plaintiffs have failed to develop a meaningful challenge to the district court's order granting summary judgment to CCS with respect to these two positions. See Smith v. Ne. Ill. Univ., 388 F.3d 559, 569 (7th Cir.2004) (undeveloped argument constitutes waiver). AFFIRMED.