Legal Opinion
Lowery v. Cenla Beverage, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 26, 1976No. 5446PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERTRAND, Judge.
Cenia Beverage, Inc., appeals from a judgment awarding to its former employee, Andrew J. Lowery, penalties and attorney’s fees under LSA-R.S. 23:632 for failure to. pay timely his earned wages after demand. The trial court awarded $1,860.00 in penalties and $750.00 for attorney’s fees. We affirm.
Lowery worked for Cenia as a truck driver from May 14, 1974 through May 17, 1974, and May 20, 1974 through May 22, 1974. His salary was $20.00 a day.
On May 22, 1974, Lowery drove a company-owned truck into the gate at Cenla’s plant in Alexandria, causing damage in the amount of $30.00.…
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