Legal Opinion
Harney v. Speedway SuperAmerica, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 30, 2008No. 07-3488PublishedCited by 256 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs brought a class action lawsuit against their employer, Speedway Super-America LLC, alleging that the manner in which Speedway pays and forfeits its employees’ bonuses violates Indiana’s Wage Payment Statute and Wage Claims Statute. The district court granted summary judgment to Speedway, finding that Plaintiffs’ bonuses did not constitute “wages” under Indiana law, and therefore the two statutes did not apply. At best, the district court held, the bonuses were a form of “deferred compensation,” which were forfeited when Plaintiffs failed to meet the bonuses’…
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