Oberneder v. Link Computer Corp.

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County, which granted appellee Lynn Oberneder’s motion for attorneys’ fees pursuant to § 260.9a(f) of the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law [‘WPCL”]. 43 P.S. § 260.1, et seq. Appellants, Link Computer Corp., Key Information Systems, Inc., and Timothy C. Link, argue that since the award of attorneys’ fees under the WPCL is discretionary not mandatory, the trial court erred when it awarded appellee attorneys’ fees as a matter of right.

The procedural history and relevant facts are as follows:…