McFeeley v. Jackson Street Entertainment LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-103-16, 24 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 15-1583, June 8, 2016; USDC at Greenbelt, Md. (Chasanow, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Exotic dancers were employees of defendant clubs, and not independent contractors, and ...

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It’s official: Strippers are employees, says the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The June 8 ruling upheld an earlier district court decision in McFeeley v. Jackson Street Entertainment. Writing for the unanimous appeals court, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III ...

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Just when you think exotic dancers are getting a measure of respect, enter Kenny Havard, a Republican state representative in Louisiana. On May 18, while the House discussed a bill that would raise the minimum age to 21 for strippers ...

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When exotic dancers perform a service, they expect a tip. They do not expect that tip to be that they should consider losing some weight. But according to news reports out of Myrtle Beach, that’s exactly what 23-year-old Kyle Yeomans ...

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Lewis v. L.B. Dynasty (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-040-15, 9 pp.) (Kaye Hearn, J.) (Costa Pleicones, J., dissenting) Appealed from The Workers’ Compensation Commission. On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. S.C. S. Ct. Holding: Even though the defendant-club ...

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Stripping in South Carolina just became a riskier business. A young exotic dancer who was maimed during a shootout at the Boom Boom Room Studio 54 in Columbia was denied workers’ compensation by a divided S.C. Court of Appeals panel, which ruled 2-1 that she was an independent contractor.

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Lewis v. L.B. Dynasty, Inc. Where claimant was an itinerant artistic performer who decided which strip club she wanted to perform at each night, agreed to that club’s rules, and paid the club a portion of her tips for the privilege of performing, claimant was not an employee of the respondent-strip club when she was hit by a stray bullet during an altercation at the club.

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