Kawatra v. Gardiner

OPINION

KOCH, Judge.

This case began as a dispute over one month’s unpaid wages; it is now a dispute over the payment of attorney’s fees. Both the employee and his employer perfected a de novo appeal to the Circuit Court for Davidson County after the employee obtained a judgment in the Metropolitan General Sessions Court. Once in circuit court, the employee amended his complaint to seek additional damages and attorneys fees pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act. The trial court, sitting without a jury, awarded the employee $1,867 for the disputed wages but denied the employee’s Fair Labor…