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AGUSIEGBE v. PETROLEUM ASSOCIATES OF LAFAYETTE, INC.

No. 85-305.

486 So.2d 314 (1986)

Chijioke Vincent AGUSIEGBE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PETROLEUM ASSOCIATES OF LAFAYETTE, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colleen McDaniel, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

Lloyd Dangerfield, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LABORDE and YELVERTON, JJ., and FONTENOT, Pro Tem.

LABORDE, Judge.

Petroleum Associates of Lafayette, Inc. (PAL) appeals a district court judgment ordering it to pay its former employee, Chijioke Vincent Agusiegbe (Agusiegbe), $9,571.60 in unpaid wages, penalty wages, and attorney fees. We amend the judgment to award an additional $500.00 in attorney fees and affirm as amended.

Agusiegbe is a Nigerian. He was hired by PAL on October 24, 1983, as a petroleum engineer, at a monthly salary of $2,000.00. At that...

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