Cleveland Indians Get Partial Victory in Case Involving Disgruntled Employee

In a labor dispute litigated in the District of Arizona, a federal judge has ruled that an employee of the Cleveland Indians Baseball Company LLC (Club) is entitled to overtime pay at an amount to be settled at trial. The judge did provide the Indians with a small victory, however, granting its motion for summary judgment on the plaintiff’s claim brought under the Arizona Wage Act (AWA), for “failure to pay wages,” since that claim “would conflict directly with Congress's enactment of