180 Md. App. 506 - Programmers' Consortium, Inc. v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
6 state decisions
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Relies on Hess Construction Co. v. Board of Education · Friolo v. Frankel · Admiral Mortgage, Inc. v. Cooper · 100 Md. App. 441 - Maxima Corp. v. 6933 Arlington Development Ltd. Partnership · Baltimore Harbor Charters, Ltd. v. Ayd
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“The issue of enhanced damages pursuant to § 3-507.1(b) had been submitted to the jury in Friolo v. Frankel. The jury did not find that the employer’s withholding of the employee’s wages was “not the result of a bona fide dispute.” Accordingly, it did not award enhanced damages to the employee. By the appellant’s reckoning, that circumstance would absolutely foreclose any possibility of an attorney’s fee being awarded to the employee for the violation of the Wage Payment Law. The necessary trigger, such argument ran, had never been pulled. The Court of Appeals in FHolo III, however, nonetheless remanded the case to the tidal court for its independent determination of whether an award of attorney’s fees to the employee should be made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Action to recover unpaid wages. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding any remedy available under § 3-507 of this subtitle, if an employer fails to pay an employee in accordance with § 3-502 or § 3-505 of this subtitle, after 2 weeks have elapsed from the date on which the employer is required to have paid the wages, the employee may bring an action against the employer to recover the unpaid wages. (b) Award and costs.—If, in an action under subsection (a) of this section, a court finds that an employer withheld the wage of an employee in violation of this subtitle and not as a result of a bona fide dispute, the court may award the employee an amount not exceeding 3 times the wage, and reasonable counsel fees and other costs.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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