LeBlanc v. Oakmont Marine Corp.

LEAR, Judge.

This suit involves a claim by Walter R. LeBlanc (LeBlanc) and Howard L. Chaney III (Chaney) for unpaid wages plus penalties and attorney fees against a former employer, Oakmont Marine Corporation, Specialized Lorain Division (Oakmont).

Oakmont answered the petition and filed a reconventional demand in which it alleged that plaintiffs had in their possession, at the time plaintiffs resigned, certain tools and other property belonging to Oakmont which Oakmont attempted to recover by sending another of its employees (Paul Sciortino) to plaintiffs’ residence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.…