Director of Bureau of Labor Standards v. Diamond Brands, Inc.

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The plaintiffs, the Director of the Bureau of Labor Standards and the State of Maine, appeal from a summary judgment entered by the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Chandler, J.) for the defendant, Diamond Brands, Inc. (Diamond Brands), on the plaintiffs’ claim to recover severance pay on behalf of the defendant’s former employees pursuant to 26 M.R.S.A. § 625-B (1988 & Supp.1990). 1 The plaintiffs contend that the court erred as a matter of law in its determination that Diamond Brands was exempt from liability for severance pay under the statute because it had not been an…