Robertson v. Opequon Motors, Inc.

The appellant and defendant below, Ope-quon Motors, Inc., is a car dealership located in Martinsburg, West Virginia, selling new and used vehicles to the general public. The appellant and defendant below, Ellen Parsons, is the president and majority owner of the dealership. 1 Opequon Motors hired salespeople to sell its vehicles and agreed to compensate these salespeople by means of a commission on the sale of each vehicle. These commissioned salespeople are the ap-pellees, plaintiffs below, who brought suit for violations of West Virginia Code § 21-5-1 et seq., also known as the Wage Payment…