Calvin Barton v. House of Raeford Farms, Incorporated

I respectfully disagree with the panel majority’s decision except its affirmance of the judgments in favor of plaintiffs Billy Harris and Lisa Jamison on their workers’ compensation retaliation claims. Indeed, I would fully affirm the district court, which carefully and capably adjudicated all of the retaliation and unpaid wages claims asserted herein.

With respect to the unpaid wages claims, the district court properly allowed a jury trial on whether defendant Columbia Farms violated the South Carolina Payment of Wages Act by, inter alia, providing written notice to employees that they would…