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REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 00741 September Term, 2007

ARONSON & COMPANY vs. ELL EN F ETR IDGE ET A L., CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE OF KEITH R. FETRIDGE

Kraus er, C.J., Zarnoch, *Adkins, JJ.

Opinion by Adkins, J.

Filed: September 12, 2008 ____________________________________ *Sally D. Adkins, now serving on the Court of Appeals, participated in the hearing and conference of this case while an active member of this Court; she participated in the adoption of this opinion as a specially assigned m ember of this Court.

In this case we are asked to examine , for the first time , the applicab ility of the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law to a claim agai nst h is former firm by a Certified Public Accountant who had been not only an employee, but a sh areholder, president, and managing officer of the firm . Keith Fetridge ("F etridge") w as involun tarily terminated by his employer, Aronson & Company ("A ronson"), appellant, in November 2001. Aronso n appeals a judgmen t awarding Fetridge's E state ("the Estate") $3,072,031.29 in treble damages for Aronson's breach of an Employment Agreement and violation of the Maryland Wage Payment and Co llection Law ("the Wa ge Law "), Md. C ode (199 9 Repl. Vol., 2006 Cum. Supp.),

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