Expert’s Bonus Pay Calculations Reliable, Federal Magistrate Rules

Mealey's (July 17, 2019, 3:03 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A branch manager’s attempt to force his former employer to pay him a bonus for 2016 based on the branch’s financial results survived a bid for summary judgment, and the manager’s expert witness dodged the employer’s request to exclude his testimony, with a Louisiana federal magistrate judge denying both of the employer’s motions July 16 (Damain Kerek v. Crawford Electric Supply Company, Inc., No. 18-76, M.D. La., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 117786)....