Legal Opinion
Killeen v. Westban Hotel Venture, LP
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 21, 2007No. 05-P-1553PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcHugh, J.
Westban Hotel Venture, LP, doing business as *785Westin Copley Place, appeals from a judgment awarding the plaintiff, Constance M. Killeen, damages in the amount of $1.26, trebled to $3.78, for violation of G. L. c. 149, § 152A, as amended by St. 1983, c. 343, a statute regulating the manner in which employers distribute tips they collect on behalf of their employees, and attorney’s fees and costs in the amount of $153,717.77.1 We vacate the judgment and remand for further proceedings.
1. Background. The plaintiff worked as a server at banquets and functions in the defendant’s hotel, the Westin…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Farrar v. HobbySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- City of Riverside v. RiveraSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Linthicum v. ArchambaultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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