Galata v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

REDMANN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment awarding penalty wages and attorney’s fees under La.R.S. 23:632 for failure to pay plaintiff wages as required by R.S. 23:631. (Plaintiff, a minor when employed and when suit was brought, has been substituted in this suit brought by his mother.)

R.S. 23:631 (before its amendment by Acts 1977 No. 317) made it “the duty” of every person employing laborers to pay discharged or resigned employees within 24 hours of termination upon “demand” by the employee at the place of usual payment. R.S. 23:632 (as amended, Acts 1964 No. 422) penalized…