Pasquale v. Fresnio’s Chaffee Zoo Corp. CA5
Plaintiff Susan Pasquale was employed with the title of business manager by defendant Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo Corporation (the zoo) from 2006 until her termination in 2012. She sued the zoo in 2013, alleging she had been misclassified as an exempt employee. She claimed unpaid overtime wages as damages.
The gist of Pasquale’s claim was that, although she bore a management title in the accounting department throughout her employment at the zoo, that department was in reality directly managed by her supervisor, the zoo’s chief financial officer. She claimed she never had substantial independent or discretionary duties, and her authority over the accounting clerks nominally reporting to her was constantly undermined, so she was really only an accounting clerk herself.
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