Oxford Comma Revived Overtime Lawsuit

In 2014, delivery drivers sued Oakhurst Dairy in Maine for about $10 million in unpaid overtime because Maine's overtime law omitted an Oxford comma. The disputed exemption ended with "packing for shipment or distribution," and the drivers argued that it covered workers who packed goods, not those who only distributed them. In 2017, the First Circuit found the law ambiguous and allowed the drivers' claim to proceed.

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