Hutchison v. Anderson

PERRY, Judge.

Hal T. Anderson and American West Enterprises, Inc. appeal from the district court’s judgment awarding back wages, treble damages, prejudgment interest, costs and attorney fees. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment in all respects, except that we vacate the award of attorney fees.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURE

Anderson is the president of American West, and all of the shareholders of American West are in Anderson’s immediate family. Anderson has placed most of his family’s assets into the corporation, but there is little or no equity in the assets Anderson used to…