Court Allows Drillers to Continue Lawsuit Over Compensation for Pre-Shift Activities

SCRANTON, Pa. — A federal judge has denied Precision Drilling Corp.’s (NYSE: PDS) bid for summary judgment on employee claims for additional compensation for time spent donning and doffing protective clothing, saying it must await further discovery.

U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner denied Precision’s motion Dec. 18, without prejudice to re-filing, and also denied as moot plaintiffs’ motion to strike Precision’s supporting affidavits.

Rodney Tyger and Shaun Wadsworth filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in October, asking the court to order Precision Drilling Corp. and Precision Drilling Oilfield Services Inc. to …