Kennedy v. Leo Payne Broadcasting

STERNBERG, Judge.

The employer, Leo Payne Broadcasting, d/b/a K.L.D.R., a Colorado corporation, appeals a judgment awarding its former employee, Marc Kennedy, unpaid compensation, an additional 50% of the compensation as a penalty under § 8-4-104(3), C.R.S. 1973, and reasonable attorney’s fees under § 8-4r-114, C.R.S.1973. We affirm.

In a trial to the court, the uncontroverted evidence was that Kennedy became employed by defendant as a salesman at a guaranteed salary of $20,000 for the first twelve months of employment. Subsequently, Kennedy was told that he had been discharged and was given a…