AMAYA v. DGS CONSTRUCTION

Nos. 14, 17, Sept. Term, 2021.

278 A.3d 1216 (2022)

479 Md. 515

Mario Ernesto AMAYA, et al. v. DGS CONSTRUCTION, LLC, et al. Juan Carlos Terrones Rojas, et al. v. F.R. General Contractors, Inc., et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 13, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Steven M. Pavsner ( Brian J. Markovitz and Erika Jacobsen White , Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A., Greenbelt, MD), on brief, for Petitioners Mario Ernesto Amaya, et al.

Argued by Stephen M. Silvestri ( Liane D. Kozik , Jackson Lewis, P.C., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondents DGS Construction, LLC, et al.

Argued by Levi S. Zaslow (Smithey Law Group LLC, Annapolis, MD; Brian J. Markovitz , Steven M. Pavsner and Erika Jacobsen White , Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A., Greenbelt, MD), on brief, for Petitioners Juan Carlos Terrones Rojas, et al.

Argued by Michael J. Jack (Law Offices of Michael J. Jack, Marriottsville, MD), on brief, for Respondents F.R. General Contractors, Inc., et al.

Amicus Curiae Public Justice Center: Michael R. Abrams, Esquire , Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow, Public Justice Center, 201 N. Charles Street, Suite 1200, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Amicus Curiae Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers: Alan R. Kabat, Esquire , Bernabei & Kabat PLLC, 1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington DC 20036, Roseann R. Romano, Esquire , Murphy Anderson PLLC, 1400 K Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20005.

Amicus Curiae Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters: Seth Ptasiewicz, Esquire , Kroll Heineman Ptasiewicz & Parsons, 99 Wood Avenue South, Suite 307, Iselin, NJ 08830.

Amici Curiae Associated Builders and Contractors Greater Baltimore Chapter, Associated Builders and Contractors-Chesapeake Shores Chapter, Associated Builders and Contractors-Cumberland Valley Chapter and Associated Builders and Contractors-Metro Washington Chapter: Maurice Baskin, Esquire , S. Libby Henninger, Esquire , Rosa T. Goodman, Esquire , Littler Mendelson, P.C., 815 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20006.

Argued before: Getty, C.J.; McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Booth, Biran, Lynne A. Battaglia (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


In two related cases, construction workers brought actions for unpaid wages and overtime wages under the Maryland Wage and Hour Law ("MWHL"), Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (1991, 2016 Repl. Vol.) ("LE") §§ 3-401 to 3-431, and the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law ("MWPCL"), LE §§ 3-501 to 3-509, and claims...

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