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Trial Court Finds Employer (and Owner) Liable for Withholding Physician’s Wages, Resulting in an Additional $139,865.30 in Statutory Penalties and Attorney Fees
Our client signed a two-year Physician Employment Agreement with Defendant, a sole member/agent LLC. A few months into working at the clinic, our client informed her employer, through the clinic’s owner, that the employer had breached the Agreement by failing to pay her timely in the past, was delinquent at present for all wages owed…
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Our Client, a Candidate for Clerk of Court, Successfully Defeated a Candidacy Challenge at Trial, Affirmed by the Fourth Circuit, and Prevailed with a Writ Denial at the Supreme Court
Anne Zoller Kiefer objected to the candidacy of our client, Hon. Darren Lombard, alleging that Mr. Lombard “failed to qualify for the primary election ‘in the manner prescribed by law’ as required by La. R.S. 18:463,” specifically alleging that Mr. Lombard failed to file a campaign finance report years earlier. In response, we filed peremptory…
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Employer Illegally Withheld Our Client’s Benefits and Final 2 Days Wages, Resulting in an Additional $134,167.12 in Statutory Penalties and Attorney Fees
At trial, the court correctly found our client, a corporate controller, was owed $2,164.58 for her last 2 days of work, as well as her 10 unused PTO days. This LWPA violation resulted in another $134,167.12 in statutory penalties and attorney fees. The trial court’s judgment noted that “Louisiana Health Care Consultants, LLC (“LHCC”) and…
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The Fourth Circuit reversed the trial court in favor of our client, a laborer, holding that employees who are “constructively discharged” are covered for employer violations of the LWPA for unpaid wages.
Upholding the vital policy contemplations of the LWPA’s statutory scheme, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal confirmed that Louisiana workers who suffer constructive discharge are still owed all wages they are due. Our client alleged a host of employment violations, including sexual harassment which eventually led to our client no longer being able to work…
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Successful Settlement Against Sheriff’s Office and Deputies who Beat a Hispanic Man, Stole Thousands of Dollars from Him, and Called Homeland Security to Cover the Theft
A $50,000.00 settlement was agreed to by our client and his family against the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies who beat him and stole thousands of dollars from him, before calling Homeland Security to detain and arrest him to cover up the theft. As a result of the cover up arrest, his daughter was sent…
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Law Firms are Not Above the Law: The First Circuit Affirms Trial Court Verdict, Awarding $16,345.20 in Owed Bonus Wages and $102,893.75 in Penalties and Attorney Fees to Former Attorneys
Our clients were employed by Seale & Ross as associate attorneys, until they resigned at the end of 2016. Our clients alleged they were owed “settle up” payments, which is the difference between collections from their expected production and their actual production for work performed on certain files. The former law firm employer took the…
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Appellate Court Reverses the Trial Court on the Duration of Employee’s Non-Compete, Allowing Client to Pursue His Trade
The Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, reversed a trial court judgment against our client that would allow an employer’s alleged non-compete agreement to unlawfully enjoin him from working for two years from the date of judgment. Mr. Smith’s last assignment of error argues the judgment, which preliminarily enjoins Mr. Smith from working for RCC…
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Mistreated Disabled Inmate Obtains a $405K Settlement Against Two Sheriffs, Private Prison Company
Our client was detained for more than a year while awaiting trial. During that time, he spent months in debilitating pain at Jackson Parish Correctional Center, a facility managed by the Ruston-based LaSalle Management Company, after a fall at another local jail left him severely injured. He was denied physical therapy, and was often forced…
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Misclassified Worker Successfully Defeats Company’s Non-Competition Agreement
A licensed massage therapist began working at H2O Salon. Pursuant to that engagement, the massage therapist signed a Non-Competition Agreement which provided that she will not engage in any business which competes with H2O, nor solicit any of H2O’s employees or customers within the parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, or St. Tammany, for a period of…
