Employee Prevails on Appeal in Wage Claim Against “Successor” Employer

Schuck Law successfully appealed a dismissal in a wage case where the employer tried to dodge liability by changing business names and transferring assets. The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled the employee’s claims could proceed, finding she wasn’t at fault for delays in the case.

Schuck Law’s attorneys prevailed at the Oregon Court of Appeals in bringing a wage claim against an employer who changed its business name and transferred its property to try to avoid paying the claim.  The employee’s claim had been dismissed by the trial court after she added the new employer’s name.  The Court of Appeals found that the dismissal was inappropriate because any delays in the case proceedings weren’t the employee’s fault, and ordered that the employee’s claims against the employer businesses proceed.

DECISION(S):
Lucht v. Mulino Hangar Café & Roadhouse LLC, 273 Or App 571 (2015).

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