Stacey Badon, et al. v. Berry's Reliable Resources, L.L.C. and Rhonda Williams

New Orleans, Louisiana employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on Fair Labor Standards Act violation theories.



Over the course of four years and through three consolidated cases, individual employees (Plaintiffs-Appellees) sued Defendants for unpaid overtime, minimum wages, final wages, and damages for wrongful termination under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq., and the Louisiana Wage Payment Act, La. Rev. Stat. 23:231 et seq. On August 17, 2022, after a two-and-a-half-day trial, a jury returned a verdict in Plaintiffs' favor. The district court entered final judgment on October 6, 2022.

Following trial, Plaintiffs moved for liquidated damages and attorney fees. BRR objected to the magistrate judge’s grant of those motions and to the award of $181,062.00 in attorney fees and $7,102.32 in costs. The district court adopted the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation in full and awarded $188,164.32 in attorney fees and costs.1 BRR then filed a timely amended notice of appeal challenging the attorney-fee award. Plaintiffs later moved for a writ of garnishment, and BRR responded by seeking to quash the writ or stay the execution of judgment.



Affirmed