Amoroso v. Marion County Commission

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

We have three certified questions from the Circuit Court of Marion County about whether West Virginia’s Wage and Hour Law, W.Va.Code, 21-5C-1, et seq., provides coverage and protection to deputy sheriffs, and if so, who is their employer. 1

Michael Amoroso and several other Marion County deputy sheriffs brought this suit, as individuals and as members of the Marion County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, against the Marion County Commission and Charles H. Dodd, the sheriff of Marion County, for a declaration that the commission and sheriff are joint “employers” and that…