O'Neal v. Intermedical Hospital

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• holding that the award of treble damages, while a matter of discretion for the trial court, is inappropriate in circumstances where there is a bona fide wage dispute
• reversing an award of treble damages and attorney's fees because, based on the court's review of the record, \a bona fide dispute existed as to whether and to what extent [the employee] was entitled to payment\
• \[A] finding that an employee is entitled to recover unpaid wages is not equivalent to a finding that there existed no bona fide dispute as to the employee's entitlement to those wages.\
• \[T]he propriety of treble damages under the Wage Payment Act turns not on whether an employer is successful in defending against a suit for nonpayment of wages[] but whether there existed a bona fide dispute concerning payment of the wages.\

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