RadioShack Bankruptcy Court Judge Approves $5.5 Million Unsecured Claim for Class of Store Managers Represented by Winebrake & Santillo

On February 10, 2016, the federal bankruptcy judge presiding over the bankruptcy of RadioShack entered an order approving a $5.5 million unsecured claim on behalf of a class of store managers represented by Winebrake & Santillo and co-counsel Nichols Kaster, PLLP of Minneapolis, MN. The store managers alleged that RadioShack violated Pennsylvania overtime law by paying them under the fluctuating workweek method (or “half-time”) for hours worked over 40 in a week. The bankruptcy court’s decision was highlighted in an article by Law360:

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