A lawsuit involving an overtime dispute between Oakhurst Dairy and some of its drivers, which sparked a memorable ruling on the virtues of the “Oxford comma” by an appeals court judge, has been settled for $5 million. The suit, filed in 2014, alleged the dairy’s drivers were eligible for overtime pay. The dairy, which in early 2014 […]
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Oakhurst lawsuit survives lack of comma sense
PORTLAND — It all came down to a missing comma, and not just any one. And it’s reignited a longstanding debate over whether the punctuation is necessary. A federal appeals court decided this week to keep alive a lawsuit by dairy drivers seeking more than $10 million in an overtime pay dispute. It concerned Maine’s overtime […]
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Court keeps alive lawsuit by Oakhurst Dairy drivers
PORTLAND (AP) — The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston has kept alive a lawsuit by Oakhurst Dairy drivers seeking more than $10 million in an overtime pay dispute. Plaintiffs sued in 2014 on behalf of 75 drivers, arguing Oakhurst Dairy and its parent company, Dairy Farmers of America, violated the Fair Labor […]
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Correction: Oakhurst donation
A story on the front page of Tuesday’s edition about making egg nog without eggs should have reported that Oakhurst donates 5 cents to the Salvation Army per product sold. The information was incorrectly reported by the Sun Journal.
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People You Know: Erik Moody — actor, teacher. His new movie debuts Friday in Lewiston
LEWISTON — On Friday, Oct. 31, Erik Moody stars as a man struggling with psychological trauma in “Dark,” a thriller in the Damnationland film series airing at Guthrie’s new theater. Last summer, he was the voice of a paratrooper in the History Channel’s miniseries, “D-Day in HD.” And last year, he was on screen as the […]
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MOO Milk to disband, farmers to pursue other options
PORTLAND — Two months after processing of organic milk provided by a Maine dairy collaborative ended, the MOO Milk brand is gone — probably for good. Leaders of Maine’s Own Organic Milk announced Monday that a two-month effort to bring most of the company’s 12 member farms into an agreement with a new processor failed, […]
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Drivers sue Oakhurst for overtime pay
PORTLAND — Three truck drivers for Oakhurst Dairy have initiated a lawsuit against the company’s past and new owner, seeking unpaid overtime wages for themselves and other drivers. Jeff Young, an Augusta attorney representing the drivers, said the lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court aims to reclaim overtime pay and collect damages and interest […]