FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Richard Albert Gammill, III, filed suit against National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) in the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, Case Number 4:17-cv-02695 on September 7, 2017.  The lawsuit alleges that Gammill's former employer misclassified him and other similarly-situated manual laborers as exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). 

Gammill worked as a solids control engineer on offshore oil platforms for NOV for approximately two years. Gammill regularly put in twelve-hour days for 28-day periods without a day off, and without being paid overtime. The suit seeks collective action certification for other manual laborers like Mr. Gammill who were not paid overtime as required by the FLSA. 

Mr. Gammill has requested a trial by jury and is seeking to recover his unpaid wages, liquidated damages, attorney's fees and costs. "Workers are entitled to be paid time and ½ for all hours worked over 40 hours per work week if they are non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act," said John David Hart of the Law Offices of John David Hart in Fort Worth, Texas. "This is certainly true for non-exempt workers in the oil and gas industry who work extremely long hours in dangerous conditions, whether on land-based rigs or offshore."

The Law Offices of John David Hart is a law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of those injured or wronged by the acts of others. Mr. Hart represents families and individuals in Texas and other states in overtime litigation, catastrophic personal injury cases, wrongful death cases, oil and gas injury and death cases, automobile and eighteen wheel truck crashes, workplace injuries, dangerous drug and medical device cases and other matters.

For more information contact: John David Hart, johnhart@hartlaw.com, 817-870-2102

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HOUSTON, Feb. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- A Houston state court jury this week returned a take-nothing verdict in favor of National Oilwell Varco, L.P., (NYSE: NOV), after finding that a former employee who sought more than $20 million in damages was rightfully fired for a safety violation and not the victim of race discrimination.

The jury in Harris County District Judge Robert Schaffer's court heard six days of testimony, including the suing former employee Dale L. Johnson's admission that even he didn't think he'd suffered discrimination until his lawyer, Victoria Plante-Northington, convinced him he had. It took the jury only two hours to reach a verdict.

NOV's trial team was led by Mark Holden along with John Zavitsanos of Houston's Ahmad Zavitsanos, Anaipakos Alavi & Mensing P.C., or AZA. Also representing NOV were attorneys Christopher E. Moore and Alison Lungstrum of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart in New Orleans.

Ms. Plante-Northington's theory of liability in the case kept shifting, even during trial. She also called another of her clients as a witness to bolster Mr. Johnson's claims without explaining who the witness was.

The lawsuit in the 152^nd Harris County State District Court is Dale L. Johnson v. National Oilwell Varco, No. 2013-62983.

Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C., or AZA, is a Houston-based law firm that is home to true courtroom lawyers with a formidable track record in complex commercial litigation, including energy, intellectual property and business dispute cases. AZA is recognized in Chambers USA 2016 among the best in Texas commercial law; U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America as one of the country's best commercial litigation firms; Texas Lawyer as a Litigation Department of the Year 2015 and Law360 as a Texas Powerhouse law firm. National corporate counsel named AZA both one of the country's best in client service and one of the most feared. Read more at http://www.azalaw.com.

For more information on this AZA defense win please contact Mary Flood at mary@androvett.com or 800-559-4534.

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