Legal Opinion
Cejas Commercial Interiors, Inc. v. Torres-Lizama
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided December 18, 2013No. 100100532; A148291PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuncan, J.
In this declaratory judgment action, defendants Felix and Jorge Torres-Lizama appeal a judgment declaring that they were not employed by plaintiff, Cejas Commercial Interiors, Inc., within the meaning of Oregon’s minimum-wage law, ORS 653.025.1 Defendants contend that plaintiff, a drywall contractor, was their employer while they did dry wall work that plaintiff had subcontracted to Viewpoint Construction, LLC (Viewpoint). Consequently, defendants assert, plaintiff was required to compensate them for their work when Viewpoint and its crew foreman, Miguel Muñoz, failed to pay defendants and…
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