Shaffer v. FT. Henry Surgical Associates, Inc.

This ease is before this Court upon certified questions from the Circuit Court of Ohio County, West Virginia, concerning the application of the West Virginia Wage Payment and Collection Act (“Wage Payment and Collection Act”), W.Va.Code § 21-5-1, et seq., to Respondent David J. Shaffer, M.D.’s 1 former employment with and action for damages against Petitioners Ft. Henry Surgical Associates, Inc., f/k/a Cardiac Surgeons, Inc. (“Petitioner corporation”), and Howard Shackelford, M.D. (collectively referred to as “Petitioners”).

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FACTS

Pursuant to an employment agreement entered into by the…