Lewis v. Benson

The issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in allowing interest on an award of back pay to a wrongfully discharged state civil service employee.

Appellee, Lewis, cites numerous National Labor Relations Act cases in which wrongfully discharged employees of private employers were allowed interest on the back pay awarded to them. E.g., N.L.R.B. v. Gray-Grimes Tool Co. (C.A. 6, 1977), 557 F. 2d 1233, 1234; Isis Plumbing & Heating Co. (1962), 138 N.L.R.B. No. 97, 51 LRRM 1122. He *67urges this court to adopt the same principle of law for wrongfully discharged state civil service employees.