Lazauskas v. Louisiana Offshore Caterers, Inc.
Lazauskas v. Louisiana Offshore Caterers, Inc.
373 So. 2d 510
(Southern Reporter, Second Series)
Lazauskas v. Louisiana Offshore Caterers, Inc.
Opinion of the Court
In re Daniel E. Lazauskas, applying for certiorari, or writ of review, to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit. Parish of Terrebonne. 371 So.2d 1183.
Writ denied.
Dissenting Opinion
would grant. No equitable defense justified the employer not to pay the workman his three hours overtime, and he is entitled to statutory wage penalties. The penalty statute was designed to penalize the unjustified underpayment of wages, however small in amount. Indeed, the smaller the amount, the greater the need for penalty.
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