Court Opinion

ID: 9710687
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:15:18.174605+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:58.973344
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BROOK, Chief Judge,
concurring in result.
I concur in the majority’s reversal of the trial court’s denial of Design’s motion for summary judgment and remand for further proceedings. I write separately, however, because I believe that we need not base our holding on anything other than the Indiana Wage Statute and the Agreement.
As previously mentioned, Indiana Code Section 22-2-9-1 (b) defines “wages” in relevant part as “all amounts at which the labor or service rendered is recompensed!.]” Clearly, any payment of Cassa-no’s so-called “salary” after the effective date of the termination of his employment that would not be payment for “labor or service rendered” could not constitute the payment of “wages” under the Indiana Wage Statute. I would reverse the trial court’s denial of summary judgment on this basis.