Employment: Betancourt Decision Now Published—Labor Code Fee Entitlement And Outstanding Defense Opposition To Fee Motion

Reversal Of $280,794 Fee Recovery As A Matter Of Law Because No Fee Entitlement Was Found.

            On May 1, 2020, we posted on Betancourt v. OS Restaurant Services, LLC, Case No. B293625 (2d Dist., Div. 8 April 30, 2020), an unpublished decision at the time, where the 2/8 DCA reversed as a matter of law a $280,794 fee award under various Labor Code provisions where the defense did an outstanding job of showing why entitlement did not lie.  We can now report that this decision was certified for publication on May 21, 2020.  We again commend readers to review this decision to show how a superior fee opposition was done in this particular matter.