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BARNHILL v. ROBERT SAUNDERS & CO.

Docket No. 46636.

125 Cal.App.3d 1 (1981)

177 Cal. Rptr. 803

EILEEN JANE BARNHILL, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROBERT SAUNDERS & COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

October 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Christopher R. Inama and Pomeroy, Inama & Bartholomew for Defendant and Appellant.

Patrick W. Henning, John C. Herbert and Charles E. Finster for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

SCOTT, Acting P.J.

The principal question presented here is whether an employer has the right to set off an employee's debt against wages due the employee upon the employee's discharge. We also consider whether an employer who attempted to exercise such a setoff was properly subjected to penalties for wilful nonpayment of wages pursuant to Labor Code section 203.

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