A group of dairy truck drivers sued their employer, Maine-based Oakhurst Dairy, for over $10 million in unpaid overtime.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent, high-quality sources (AP, NYT, NBC, ABA Journal) corroborate the lawsuit's filing, the over $10 million overtime claim, and eventual settlement, based on court documents rather than a single syndicated source. [tier=silver indep_score=0.85 clusters=5 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=partial (upstreams: U.S. District Court for the District of Maine court filings, 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling (O'Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy)) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- A Missing Oxford Comma Just Changed the Course of a Court Case (seed:law_and_crime)
- https://www.bangordailynews.com/2018/02/08/news/drivers-and-oxford-comma-come-up-big-in-dairy-lawsuit-settlement/ (corroboration)
- https://www.sunjournal.com/2017/03/14/court-keeps-alive-lawsuit-by-oakhurst-dairy-drivers/ (corroboration)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/think-commas-don-t-matter-omitting-one-cost-maine-dairy-n847151 (corroboration)
- https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dairy_company_settles_overtime_suit_that_hinged_on_lack_of_oxford_comma (corroboration)
- https://www.ms.uky.edu/~readdy/391/NYTimes.2017.03.16.oxford.comma.pdf (corroboration)