Szturm v. Huntington Blizzard Hockey Associates Ltd. Partnership

McGRAW, Justice:

This case concerns whether an individual who is both a limited partner and management employee of a limited partnership is, by virtue of such status, presumptively prohibited from asserting a priority claim for wages upon dissolution of the partnership. Because the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (“RULPA”), W. Va.Code §§ 47-9-1 to - 63, expressly permits a partner of a limited partnership to transact business with the partnership and enjoy the same rights as a person who is not a partner, W. Va.Code § 47-9-7 (1981), we conclude that, as a general rule, a limited…