Legal Opinion
Eschete v. Walter H. Maples, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 29, 1992No. Nos. 92-CA-282, 92-CA-283Published
1Opinion of the Court
WICKER, Judge.
Mitchell J. Eschete appeals the judge’s failure to award him penalties, interest, and attorney’s fees against his former employer, Walter H. Maples, Inc. d/b/a Maples Sureway, and its retirement plan, Maples Sureway Employees Retirement Plan. The issue is entitlement to penalties, interest, and costs in a suit alleging failure to timely account for and pay retirement benefits. We affirm.
Mr. Eschete worked for Maples Sureway from September 11, 1976 until October 28, 1986, at which point he was terminated for cause at age forty. Maples Sureway provided retirement benefits to its…
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- Fine v. SemetCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Brown v. Hartford Life CompaniesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992