Anthem Defeats Nurses’ Overtime Suit Over Insurance Duties

Sept. 29, 2025, 11:23 PM UTC

Anthem, Inc. beat a Fair Labor Standards Act suit from a collective of registered nurses who review insurance claims and alleged they were improperly denied overtime wages.

The nurses meet FLSA standards exempting them from the law’s overtime protections, meaning the company had properly classified them, Judge Jessica G.L. Clarke said in a Monday opinion for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Leslie Lazaar sued Anthem in April 2022 on behalf of herself and other ...

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