Rice v. Multimedia, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that award of treble damages and attorney’s fees under today’s Payment of Wages Act is discretionary, and Legislature did not intend to deter employer from asserting valid defenses or disputing payment in good faith
• upholding a trial court's reduction in attorney's fees because appellant only partially prevailed on its claims
• finding the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in declining to award treble damages after determining there was \no evidence that [employer] acted intentionally or in bad faith\
• indicating the award of treble damages is in the court's discretion, which comports with the purpose of the Act—\to protect employees from the unjustified and wilful retention of wages by the employer\
• addressing disparity of damages award and fee award and noting that the amount of recovery and the contingency of compensation are only two of the six factors to be considered by the trial court in determining an appropriate attorney fees award
• this Court affirmed a trial court’s award of an amount greater than that due the plaintiffs attorney under a contingency fee contract

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