POLK v. LARRABEE

No. 25098.

17 P.3d 247 (2000)

135 Idaho 303

Mickey POLK, and Carla Polk, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Respondents Cross Appellants, v. Robert D. LARRABEE, Family Home Center, Inc., and Danny B. Laws and Steven C. Nash, as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Roy B. Laws, Defendants-Appellants Cross Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Lewiston, October 2000 Term.

December 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Brown, Lewiston, for appellants.

Clark & Feeney, Lewiston, for respondents. Ronald T. Blewett argued.


KIDWELL, Justice.

This appeal results from the district court's decision to treble damages on a jury verdict, which found in favor of the employees in a wage claim dispute. The employer claims that treble damages were not appropriate under the Idaho Code.

I.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In November of 1994, Mickey Polk came to Idaho to discuss a job opportunity with Roy B. Laws and Robert D. Larrabee. Laws and Larrabee were opening a...

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