Ables v. Mooney

I would affirm the judgment of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County that under State ex rel. Crosier v. Callaghan, W. Va., 236 S.E.2d 321 (1977) state police troopers *37are entitled to be paid for their overtime hours, and would make this ruling fully retroactive.

Crosier involved conservation officers employed by the Department of Natural Resources and overruled State ex rel. Giles v. Bonar, 155 W. Va. 421, 184 S.E.2d 639 (1971) wherein we found state policemen not to be entitled to the benefits of the state wage and hour law, W. Va. Code, 21-5C-1 et seq., to the extent that it held that any…