CAMESI et al v. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER et al

Filing 421

ORDER. Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 408 ) is granted in part and denied in part, as described in the Order filed herewith. Specifically, summary judgment is denied regarding 96 opt-in Plaintiffs, and granted regarding 230 opt- in Plaintiffs, as listed in the Order. In addition, Plaintiffs' Motion (Doc. 419 ) to strike Defendants' Reply Brief and Affirmations, or to sur-reply, is denied as moot. See Order for more details. Signed by Judge Cathy Bissoon on 10/15/10. (dcd)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA KAREN CAMESI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Civil Action No. 09-85J Magistrate Judge Bissoon

ORDER Defendants have filed a Motion for Summary Judgment regarding 326 of the opt-in Plaintiffs ("opt-ins"). See Defs.' Am. Mot. for Summ. J. (Doc. 408).1 For the reasons stated in the Order filed today in Taylor v. Pittsburgh Mercy Health System, Inc., Civil Action No. 09-377 (W.D. Pa.),2 which is incorporated by reference herein, Defendants' Amended Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 408) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. Summary judgment is denied regarding the 96 opt-ins who have submitted affidavits in opposition to Defendants' Motion:

Although Defendants purport to seek summary judgment regarding 339 opt-ins, Plaintiffs' and the Court's calculations place the number at 326. Defendants' proposed order (Doc. 408-4) contains not five duplicate names, as indicated in Defendants' Reply Brief (Doc. 414), but eighteen. At the risk of stating the obvious, movants should know the number of plaintiffs regarding which they seek summary judgment. This problem easily could have been avoided by entering the opt-ins' names into a computerized spreadsheet and sorting them, as the Court had to do to resolve the discrepancy. 2 See Doc. 207 in Civil Action No. 09-377.
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Ando, Barbara Badamo, JoAnn Bernice Barnett, Bernita Gloria Berry, Cathy Billick, Darlene Binder, Leslie Blasko, Joyce Bolz, Linda Bonner, Jazzmin Boyd, Michele Buzzell, Kimberly Calcek, Nadine Campbell, Joyce Cole, Lynn M. Cook, Regina Cordero, Margaret Crock, Tamara DeFrancesco, RuthAnn Denucci, Brandon Donaldson, Barbara J. Doughtery, Rosalie A. Dyer, Earlene R. Dyer, Judith A. Evasovich, Denise Fair, Susan Field, Najet K. Fowler, Janet M. Gorny, Francis Hamilton, Kenneth R. Harr, Sandra Harris, Jeanne E. Henry, Lance

Holfelder, Lorraine M. Hutchinson, Carol Jackson, Steven J. Jackson, Tracy Jones, Tondaliere W. Kania, Rita M. Kelly, Mara Kirkwood, Clea Kolonay, Barbara A. Krebs, Luanne Mary Kunselman, Tawnya Lanasa, Susan Lang, Diana J. Large, Laurie J. Len, Carolyn L. Lind, Kathleen Long, Terra Mahone, Rosemarie Malloy, Joyce Marsico, Mary Lynn Martin, Charles R. Marziale, Renee M. Maxin, Michelle Diana Mazon, Audrey J. McGee, Carla Mead, Maria Lynn Mermon, Amy Morris, Shirley Mostyn, Stacy Myers, Irma J. Neiman, Reva L. Oddis, Kelly

Parsons, Linda A. Philips, Marie Pollard, Louise Relihan, Timothy Ricketts, Timothy J. Riley, Diane Robinson, George Romaniello, Judith Taylor Sanders, Marilyn Saylor, Terri Lea Schwartz, Carol Sciubba, Dada S. Seiling, Darlene Semian, Thomas J. Silberman, Linda Joan Silvagni, Susan Slifkey, Mellisa M. Smith, Jo-Ann Speicher, Renada Spencer, Galen Spohn, Marilyn Springel, Jaime Stang, Christina Streiner, Michele A. Switalski, Elizabeth A. Trautman, Arleen Trew, Neil Trussell, Georgia Ann Tyler, Tanya M. Weigand, Patricia J. Wells, Keir M. Wilson, Susan E.

Summary judgment is granted regarding the 230 opt-ins who did not file affidavits: Adamson-Deulin, Victoria Aiken, Jane Aker, Patricia L. Alfred, Sam Altman, Penny Amrhein, David B. Anderson, Kevin H. Andzelik, Norma B. Antonucci, Stacey Lynn Appelt, Chad E. Artim, Sheila Baird, Gary Baluch, Marjorie Bandalo, John Barlow, Diane G. Bartoli, Amy BaseIj, John Bauer, Marie J. Bell, Sheila Bercik, Marcia L Bertok, Dorothy E. Beyers, Stephen Birmingham, Maureen Black, Jannifer Borcik, Shelly Brettschneider, Lynda Bretz Cresta, Jennifer Brewton, Marlena Brink, Rita Britton, Violet

Brooks, Mona Brophy, Charlotte Brown, Alexandria Brunner, Bonnie Bubonovich, Brittany Burns McFadden, Donna Buszinski, Dawn Bynoe, Lisa Campbell, Steven Carr, Deborah Cavlovich, Doris J. Ceberio-Lanese, Mary Cecere, Camille B. Chapman, Dreama Clark, Sueanne Conover, Noelle C. Conti, Theresa C. Conwell, Jennifer R. Costa, Theresa Cox, Mary Damer, Sharon A. Davenport, Aleica Dean, Shanda Deiley, Mary Sue Delucia, Susan Dephillips, Laura Derdock, Antoinette L. DiFrancesco, Rita D'Orazio, Linda Lee Druga, Christine Eger, Nancy L. Eisner, Gertrude Ellen Eleam, Marlon Emanuelson, Kathleen Fannie, Nancy Finnerty-Folan, Maureen Fiumara, Carla Rose Flohr, Jareen Margaret Fox, Patricia Franciscus, Margaret Fuga, Lynn Fuller III, Ralph Wesley Fussenegger, Diane K. Garcia, Robin Gasparik, Cynthia Gemeinhart, Richard R.

Gladis, Mary Beth Glenn, John F. Gonot, Douglas Gorman, Marlene M. Gratton, Patricia A. Gray, Andrea Greenawalt, Barbara Gretz, Susan W Griffin, Elaine Haff, George B. Hamrock, Mary F. Hanna, Mark Hartle, Tara Hartz, David Hastings, Leslie Healey, Diana Henze, Heather Jean Hofius, Cynthia Kay Homer, Marcia C. Hopkins, Kimberly Duke Hubert, Joshua Hudson, Samantha Lee Jack, Lynn A. Jendrasik, Jennifer L. Johnson, Amber Johnston, Don Jones, Tricia Ann Jones-Harshaw, Annie M. Kaib, Cynthia Karabetsos, Kimberly Karscig, Mary Kasey, Nancy Kennedy, Judi A. Khoujmal, Christine Kilinski, Bethany King, Ann Patricia King, Dolores King, Mary Colleen Klonowski, Carolyn Knights, Veronica Lois Koziarski, Jeffrey S. Kubatka, Mia Kysor, Anita Layhew, Richard Leonard, Kathleen A. Lester, Denise 3

Lewis, Carrol L. Lis, Darrell G. Lista, Lauren Livingston, Lorraine Lorson, Christine Lovelace, William Lundberg, Mary Mack, Barbara Madden, Beverly Magdic, Rosemary Maletta, Michaelle Malinowski, Carleen A. Manley, Tamara Marchionna, Jane Martone, Lucianna Matthews, Judith Mayger, Carolyn Mayher, Debra Stock Mazza, Kelly McCalla, Evelyn J. McCracken, Ashleen McGee, Alice L McKinnis, Susan Carole Metz, Erin Michalski, Hyacinth P. Milchick, Mary E. Mitch-Resignalo, Ann E. Montgomery, Dana Yvette Moye, Bertha Lee Murray, William J. Myrgo, Candace J. Nauer, Kevin L. Nixon, Jill Noel, Aimee L. Nutter, Margaret A. O'Connor, Jennifer F. O'Donnell, Colleen S. O'Hare, Diane J. Olabopo, Bola F Oross, Lisa A. Owens, George Owens, Lesley Susan Page, Margaret Ann Peelor, Martha C. Perry, Carole Ann Pivirotto, Veronica

Prince, Janet Rao, Joanne G. Reimond, Barbara A. Rittle Jr, Charles H. Roberts, Kimberly Robinson, Pamela L. Rocco, Darla J. Roolf, Jean A. Rudzinski, Catherine Ruffalo, Patricia A. Rush, Ashley Russen, Jennifer Sair, Deborah L. Salafranca, Jennifer L. Samuels, Nicole Scanga, Thomas P. Schaaf, Donna Schaaf, Rachel Schmitt, Erin Schuster, Jill Schwer, William

Shuck, Dean Smith, Ann R. Smith, Sharon L. Sofranko, Payge Craven Spooner, Suzanne M. Spore, Bridget Spurbeck, Cynthia Starr, Allan Stephenson, Amber L. Strachan, Tracy Dawn Suber, Sherry A. Sukenik, Catherine Suter, Charlene A. Swierczewski, Kristin Jean Tallon, Patrick Taylor, Patricia Thomas, Theresa Thompson, Regina Travers-Barney, Bonnie Tucker, Sandra J. Turner, Andrea Lee

Valenti, Katherine Vandevort, Suzanne Vensak, Judith L. Wachter, Janet Kay Wagner, Karen Eileen Walker, Steven Webb, Tiffany Weinroth, Kathleen Wesche, Jacqueline A. Whelan, Suzanne Marie Whitaker, Shanda N. White, MaryAnnWhite, Tracey Huguley Wiggins, Britt Williams, Constance E. Wisilosky, Lisa Young, Laura Loretta Young, Michael R. Yuhaniak, Susan Zembrzuski, Melanie

Summary judgment is granted regarding the FLSA and RICO claims asserted by these opt-ins.3 In addition, Plaintiffs' Motion (Doc. 419) to strike Defendants' Reply Brief and Affirmations, or to sur-reply, is DENIED AS MOOT. IT IS SO ORDERED.

October 15, 2010

s\Cathy Bissoon Cathy Bissoon United States Magistrate Judge

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Defendants assert, and Plaintiffs do not dispute, that a grant of summary judgment regarding the opt-ins' FLSA claims warrants a grant of summary judgment on their RICO claims as well. Compare Defs.' Br. (Doc. 392) at 1 with Pls.' Opp'n Br. (Doc. 409) (failing to address Defendants' argument regarding RICO).
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