Appeals Nurse Consultant Represented by Nichols Kaster, PLLP Files Collective Action Overtime Lawsuit Against Aetna Inc.

    MINNEAPOLIS, MN, November 19, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- On November 14, 2014, an Aetna Inc. employee filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut to recover unpaid overtime wages from her employer. Aetna is one of the nation's largest publicly traded health and supplemental benefits companies, providing health insurance benefits under health maintenance organization (HMO), Private Fee-For-Service (PFFS), and preferred provider organization (PPO) plans.

The Plaintiff brought her case on behalf of herself and other appeals nurse consultants and appeals examiners who worked for Aetna in offices across the country. In the complaint, she alleges that Aetna misclassified her and her co-workers as exempt employees, denying them of overtime compensation. According to the complaint, appeals nurse consultants do not satisfy any of the exemptions permitted under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Plaintiff's attorney Rachhana T. Srey of Nichols Kaster, PLLP explains, "Appeals nurse consultants like Plaintiff work a lot of overtime hours and perform duties that legally entitle them to extra pay for these hours. Employers like Aetna cannot deny employees of their legal rights simply by paying them a salary."

Plaintiffs are represented by Rachhana T. Srey and Rebekah L. Bailey of Nichols Kaster, PLLP, and David M. Blanchard of Nacht, Roumel, Salvatore, Blanchard & Walker, P.C. The case is entitled, Isett v. Aetna Inc., 3:14-cv-01698-RNC (District of Connecticut).

Additional information about how appeals nurse consultants may make a claim in the case may be found at www.nka.com or by calling Nichols Kaster, PLLP toll free at (877) 448-0492.

Nichols Kaster is a nationally recognized plaintiffs firm that focuses on representing employees and consumers whose rights have been violated. The firm was selected as a member of the National Law Journal's Litigation Boutiques Hot List, ranked as a Best Law Firm by U.S. News & World Report, and selected as a top plaintiffs' employment law firm by Law360.

The firm is led by its partners, who are regularly selected by their peers as Super Lawyers, and sit on the boards of numerous professional organizations, including the National Association of Employment Lawyers, the ABA Fair Labor Standards Legislation Committee and the Council for the Minnesota State Bar Association's Consumer Litigation Section.

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