Covington v. German Wise Dental LLC

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 10 AUSTIN COVINGTON, CASE NO. 3:20-cv-06173-LK 11 Plaintiff, FINDINGS OF FACT AND 12 v. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 13 SAM WISE, 14 Defendant. 15 16 I. INTRODUCTION 17 Plaintiff Austin Covington sued Dr. Sam Wise and his dental practice, German Wise 18 Dental, LLC (collectively, “Defendants”), alleging, among other claims, that Dr. Wise willfully 19 withheld his wages in violation of Section 49.52.050 of the Revised Code of Washington. Dkt. 20 No. 1 at 21–22. Mr. Covington contended that Defendants failed to pay…