McCourt Manufacturing Corp. v. Rycroft

Sam Bird, Judge.

McCourt Manufacturing Corporation (hereinafter the Corporation) brings this appeal from a judgment in favor of its former employee, appellee Dave Rycroft. The judgment awarded Rycroft $12,498.15 in unpaid commissions and a statutory penalty of $164.38 per day from the date of his termination until payment of the $12,498.15 to him. The Corporation raises two points pertaining to the imposition of the penalty under Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-405 and a third point regarding the court’s refusal to give jury instructions on its affirmative defenses. The Corporation contends that the…