Legal Opinion
Timothy Herremans v. Carrera Designs, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 20, 1998No. 98-1100PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Timothy Herremans, the appellant in this diversity damages suit for breach of contract and violations of Indiana’s wage payment statute, was employed by Carrera Designs (which paints recreational vehicles) as the manager of one of its plants. Until he was fired at the beginning of November of 1996, he received a salary plus a bonus equal to 45 percent of the plant’s (calendar) year-end before-tax profits. His suit seeks, in three separate counts (ordinarily a meaningless detail, but not here, as we are about to see): (1) $2,500 in statutory double damages (see Fardy v.…
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