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Court Approves $240k FLSA Settlement For 3 California Battalion Chiefs

The settlement of an overtime lawsuit brought by three battalion chiefs with the Coronado Fire Department, has been approved by the US District Court for the Southern District of California. The suit was filed last April by BC Perry Peake as a class action alleging the city improperly classified BCs as exempt executives.

California Battalion Chief Sues Claiming Entitlement to Overtime

A battalion chief with the City of Coronado has filed suit claiming he and similarly situated battalion chiefs have been wrongly classified as exempt from overtime. Perry Peake filed the class action suit this week in US District Court for the Southern District of California.

Curt Varone has over 45 years of fire service experience and 35 as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. His background includes 29 years as a career firefighter in Providence (retiring as a Deputy Assistant Chief), as well as volunteer and paid on call experience. He is the author of two books: Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, (2006, 2nd ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2014, 4th ed. 2022) and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook (2007), and is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine writing the Fire Law column.

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