Opinion ID: 1377881
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: The Wage Payment and Collection Act Claim

Text: The Bines' final claim in the present appeal is that the court erred in entering summary judgment on the appellants' Wage Payment and Collection Act claim. Bayer, Inc., asserts that all wages due Mr. Bine were paid in a timely fashion as contemplated by the Wage Payment and Collection Act after Mr. Bine was dismissed. Mr. Bine claims the contrary. Copies of checks apparently given to Mr. Bine are attached as exhibits to the documents filed in the present case. However, the copies are so illegible that this Court cannot tell when they were issued and, as a consequence, it is impossible for this Court to examine the factual basis of the appellants' claim that summary judgment was improperly entered on that point. In view of this, this Court believes that it cannot rule that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment on the Wage Payment and Collection Act claim. In light of all the above, the judgment of the Circuit Court of Marshall County as it relates to the Bines' wrongful discharge claims and their Wage Payment and Collection Act claim, should be affirmed, and that judgment should be reversed insofar as it relates to the defamation, false light and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims. On remand, the circuit court should proceed with the development of the case on the defamation, false light and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims. For the reasons stated, the judgment of the Circuit Court of Marshall County is affirmed in part, and reversed in part, and this case is remanded for further development. Affirmed, in part, reversed, in part, and remanded with instructions.