Court Awards $650,000 in Legal Fees Against Jordan’s Furniture

A Massachusetts trial court has ruled that Fair Work P.C. was entitled to $647,360.00 in legal fees plus $7,631.98 in litigation-related costs. The total sum – $654,991.98 – has been added to the $8.8 million judgment that the court entered against Jordan's Furniture in November 2021. This brings the price tag for the lawsuit to more than $9.5 million, though that amount will continue to rise as post-judgment interest accumulates.

The ruling against Jordan's Furniture follows three years of litigation over Jordan's failure to pay sales employees at its stores in Massachusetts "premium" compensation (time-and-a-half) for working overtime and Sundays. In December 2020, a Massachusetts trial court granted class certification and appointed Brant Casavant and Hillary Schwab as counsel for the certified class. The court later granted summary judgment against Jordan's, ruling that the away it paid its sales employees violated the Massachusetts overtime and Sunday premium pay laws.