A collective action lawsuit for unpaid overtime has been filed in federal court in Midland, Texas against Knight\u2019s Inspection Services, LLC.\u00a0 Knight\u2019s Inspection is an inspection company in the oil and gas industry.\u00a0 Specifically, Knight\u2019s Inspection is hired by oil and gas companies to inspect tools and equipment used in the oilfields. \u00a0 According to Knight\u2019s Inspection\u2019s website, it has field locations in Houston, Texas; Midland, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Casper, Wyoming; and Dickinson, North Dakota.<\/p>\n
According to the complaint filed against Knight’s Inspection in federal court, Inspector\u2019s Hands at Knight\u2019s Inspection are misclassified as independent contractors, rather than employees, and denied overtime pay, despite the fact that they had no control over their schedules or the jobs that they were required to perform, they did not share in the profits or losses in jobs they performed for Knight\u2019s Inspection, and they were not allowed to work for other companies while working for Knight\u2019s Inspection, since they were full-time workers for Knight\u2019s Inspection.<\/p>\n
The plaintiff seeks to have his case proceed as a collective action lawsuit so that any employee who works or worked for Knight\u2019s Inspection as an Inspector\u2019s Hand within the past three years that was classified as an independent contractor may join the lawsuit and seek overtime pay and liquidated damages. In order to participate in the lawsuit, Inspector’s Hands\u00a0who were classified as independent contractors by\u00a0Knight\u2019s Inspection during the last three years must file a consent to join form. The plaintiff is represented by Josh Borsellino of the law firm of Borsellino, P.C.\u00a0 NOTE: Unless you receive, sign and return to Borsellino, P.C. a Consent Form stating that you wish to join the lawsuit, you are NOT a party to the lawsuit, and Borsellino, P.C. does not represent you or your interests. Persons who have evidence regarding this case or who wish to obtain a Consent Form to join the lawsuit may call Josh Borsellino at 817.908.9861 or submit a case inquiry at http:\/\/www.dfwcounsel.com\/contact\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n The style of the case is\u00a0Aceves v. Knight’s Inspection Services, LLC, et al; Cause Number 7:15-cv-00086-RAJ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A collective action lawsuit for unpaid overtime has been filed in federal court in Midland, Texas against Knight\u2019s Inspection Services, LLC.\u00a0 Knight\u2019s Inspection is an inspection company in the oil and gas industry.\u00a0 Specifically, Knight\u2019s Inspection is hired by oil and gas companies to inspect tools and equipment used in the oilfields. \u00a0 According to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3886,3895,3896,3897],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}