ROWE v. GRAPEVINE CORP.

No. 26353.

527 S.E.2d 814 (1999)

206 W.Va. 703

Curniff ROWE, et al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. GRAPEVINE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary G. Geffert, Bruce N. Goldstein, Mountain State Justice, Inc., Attorneys for Appellants.

David H. Webb, Keyser, West Virginia, Attorney for Grapevine Corporation.

Mark Jenkinson, Douglas & Jenkinson, Martinsburg, West Virginia, John M. Simpson, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, D.C., Attorneys for Douglas Dirting, John W. Cushwa, J. David Cushwa, Blue Ridge View Orchard Co., Inc., William Kilmer, Lloyd Lutman, the Estate of L. Randolph Huyett, Marvin McK. Ellis, Gary Lutman and Russell Pitzer.

Patrick G. Henry, III, PLLC, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Attorney for Cumberland Valley Orchard, Inc., Bruce E. Eyler, and Phillip Eyler.

Stephen R. Fielder, Bunker Hill, West Virginia, Attorney for Beallair Orchards, Inc., A. Elwood Butler, B. Bruce Butler, John Porterfield, Porterfield Orchards, Inc., Mary Frances Hockman, and Twin Ridge Orchard Co., Inc.

Richard G. Gay, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, Attorney for Henry Davenport, Charles O. Leavitt, Dorothy Leavitt, Del Orchard, Inc.

Manis H. Perkins, Jr., pro se.

Louis B. Athey, pro se.


STONE, Judge:

This consolidated appeal1 involves the dismissal through summary judgment of claims brought by thirty-seven migrant farm workers under the West Virginia Wage Payment and Collection Act ("Act"), West Virginia Code §§ 21-5-1 to -18 (1996 & Supp.1999). By order dated December 30, 1998, the Circuit Court of Berkeley County determined that the Plaintiffs' claims, which...

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