Stevenson v. Branch Banking & Trust Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that severance pay only constitutes “wages” within the meaning of the Wage Act when it represents payment for work an employee performed prior to the termination of employment
• holding that severance pay only constitutes “wages” within the meaning of the Wage Act when it represents payment for work an employee performed prior to the termination of employment
• holding damages are capped at three, not four, times the amount of unpaid wages under statute stating that courts may \award the employee an amount not exceeding 3 times the wage\
• holding damages are capped at three, not four, times the amount of unpaid wages under statute stating that courts may “award the employee an amount not exceeding 3 times the wage”
• finding severance pay not to be wages earned prior to termination for purposes of MWPCL
• “If Employee breaches the non-compete provisions in section 4(a) of this Agreement during the period that she is receiving Termination Compensation, Employee will not be entitled to receive any further Termination Compensation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).