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Abusive Noncompete Defeated at Trial, Affirmed, Fifth Circuit also finding the Employer Filed a Wrongful TRO, Resulting in $12,000 in Attorney Fees plus Costs to Our Client
Company Tried to Bar Our Client From Work Across Louisiana. The Trial Court Voided the Noncompete, in a Landmark Decision the Fifth Circuit Affirmed and Found the TRO Wrongfully Obtained, the Supreme Court Denied Writs, and Employer Was Ordered to Pay over $12,000 in Attorney Fees and Costs Continue reading
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Our Client’s Candidacy Challenge Sustained after Trial: Court Disqualifies Candidate Who Did Not File Taxes
Our Client’s Candidacy Challenge Sustained: Court Disqualifies Candidate Who Did Not File Taxes Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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