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· 3/13/2013

Brandy L. Walczak, Individually and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Labor Works - Fort Wayne LLC, d/b/a Labor Works

Citations

  • 983 N.E.2d 1146
  • 20 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 1636
  • 2013 WL 961629
  • 2013 Ind. LEXIS 178

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • agreeing that the Wage Claims Statute applies when an employee is fired
  • stating we avoid construing a statute “so as to create an absurd result”
  • addressing argument that trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because plaintiff “failed to exhaust available administrative remedies before filing her claim” under Wage Payment Act without determining whether such failure implicates subject matter jurisdiction
  • “statutory construction . . . is a question of law for the courts” (quotations omitted)
  • “We presume the General Assembly intended the statutory language to be applied logically and consistently with the statute’s underlying policy and goals, and we avoid construing a statute so as to create an absurd result.” (citation omitted)
  • “We presume the General Assembly intended the statutory language to be applied logically and consistently with the statute’s underlying policy and goals, and we avoid construing a statute so as to create an absurd result.” (internal citations omitted)

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Judges: Massa, Dickson, Rucker, David, Rush

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