Von Petersdorff v. Kenyon Noble Lumber Co.

¶1 Mike C. Von Petersdorff brought an action in the Montana Eighteenth Judicial District Court in and for the County of Gallatin to recover wages alleged due him after his employment with Defendant Kenyon Noble Lumber Company (“Kenyon Noble”) terminated. The District Court granted Kenyon Noble’s motion for summary judgment on the grounds that Von Petersdorff had invoked his administrative remedy and did not exhaust his administrative appeals before filing suit in the District Court. From this Order, Von Petersdorff appeals. We affirm.

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¶2 We restate the appealed issue as follows:

¶3 Did the…