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Title: Gregg Ann Rodwell v. Serendipity
Author : Supreme Court of Idaho No. 12366
Release Date : January 27, 1979
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 59 KB

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Defendant appellant The Serendipity, Inc., of Boise, a retail clothing store, appeals from a judgment awarding to plaintiff respondent Gregg Ann Rodwell three times the amount of wages found to be due her from Serendipity. Rodwell's wage claim stems from her employment as Serendipity's manager between October 31, 1974, and November 1, 1975. The trial court found that, under her contract with Serendipity, Rodwell was entitled to a yearly bonus computed as a percentage of Serendipity's gross sales for the year.[Footnote 1] After offsetting Rodwell's account with Serendipity (for purchases she had made from the store) against the contractual bonus, the court found that Serendipity owed Rodwell $3,863.14. The court awarded Rodwell three times that amount, or $11,589.42, based upon the treble damages provision found in I.C. § 45-615(4). On appeal, Serendipity disputes the application of the treble damage provision of I.C. § 45-615(4) to this case. It argues that the provision applies only to actions prosecuted by the director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Services, acting in behalf of aggrieved wage claimants. Serendipity also contends that if wage claimants suing in their own behalf may recover treble damages under I.C. § 45-615(4), they may do so only with respect to claims of $450 or less. Finding both of these arguments without merit, we affirm.