WRIGHT v. BENNETT

No. 2004 CA 1944.

924 So.2d 178 (2005)

Cleveland J. WRIGHT, Annie Mae Anderson, Daisy Mae Pursley, Yvonne Johnson, Lawanda R. Hall, Linda Denise Harris, Letha Wheeler & Kimberly Armstead v. Roger BENNETT, Pete Pearson, Wendell Carrier, Eloise Moore, Linda Stewart, Richfield Hotel Management & Gibbens Co., Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

September 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Lambremont, Sr., L. Stephen Rastanis, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Cleveland J. Wright, et al.

S. Gene Fendler, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees, Richfield Hotel Management, Inc., Roger Bennett, Pete Pearson, Wendell Carrier & John Blount.

Before: WHIPPLE, McCLENDON, and WELCH, JJ.


WHIPPLE, J.

In this appeal, plaintiffs, a group of eight African-American restaurant workers, challenge a judgment, rendered in conformity with a jury verdict, dismissing plaintiffs' employment discrimination claims with prejudice and awarding attorneys fees in the amount of $5,000.00 to defendants. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiffs, Cleveland J. Wright, Annie Mae Anderson, Daisy Mae Pursley, Yvonne Johnson...

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