Aerial views of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coast taken during a search and rescue mission by 1-150 Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, on Oct. 30, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen)
A federal judge in New Jersey has dismissed a class action alleging that individual officers of a company that cleaned up parts of the Jersey Shore following Hurricane Sandy denied fair wages to workers like tug boat operators and engineers.
In a May 29 decision, U.S. District Judge Peter Sheridan of the District of New Jersey found that individual officers of New Jersey-based Bil-Jim Construction Co. Inc., a subcontractor hired to rebuild the beaches near Barnegat Bay, were not personally liable under the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act. Sheridan, who denied plaintiffs the chance to amend their claims, cited his own 2016 ruling in a related case and in another lawsuit involving security system workers.
