HARRIS v. ATLAS SINGLE PLY SYS., INC.

No. 91-1793.

64 Ohio St.3d 171 (1992)

HARRIS, DIRECTOR, ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. ATLAS SINGLE PLY SYSTEMS, INC., APPELLEE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee I. Fisher, Attorney General, Dan E. Belville and Kenneth L. Saunders, for appellants.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Jonathan R. Vaughn and Timothy J. Dawe, for appellee.

Ross, Brittain & Schonberg Co., L.P.A., Alan G. Ross and Evelyn P. Schonberg, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio ABC Inc.

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, N. Victor Goodman and Mark D. Tucker, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council.


COOK, J.

The issue to be settled is whether the Director must bring claims for unpaid prevailing wages within the two-year period required by R.C. 2305.11(A). We resolve the question based on statutory interpretation and conclude that "minimum wages," as used in R.C. 2305.11(A), does not encompass claims based on the failure to pay prevailing wage rates for work on public improvements as set forth in R.C. 4115.10.

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