Perez v. Bland Farms Production & Packing, LLC et al

Filing 119

ORDERED that the Court's July 31, 2017 ruling re 109 Order is formally AMENDED to include an award of back wages and liquidated damages for the 2017 Vidalia onion season. Thus, in accordance with the Court's reasoning in its decision, Bland Farms shall pay back wages and liquidated damages for the 2017 Vidalia onion season. The clerk is instructed to ENTER JUDGMENT in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant Bland Farms. Signed by Chief Judge J. Randal Hall on 10/2/17. (loh)

IN THE

UNITED

FOR THE

STATES

DISTRICT

COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
STATESBORO DIVISION

R.

ALEXANDER ACOSTA,

*

Secretary of Labor, United
States Department of Labor,

*
*

Plaintiff,

*

v.

BLAND

FARMS

*

PRODUCTION

&

CV

614-053

*

PACKING, LLC and
DELBERT BLAND,

*
*
•

Defendants.

*

ORDER

The Court held a bench trial in this case in February 2017,

and issued its ruling on July 31, 2017.

ruling,

the

Court

(See Doc. 109.)

instructed the parties

to

In its

jointly calculate

back wages for the 2015 and 2016 Vidalia onion seasons.
25-26.)
would

The

also

parties

apply

to

then
the

stipulated that

2017

season

and

subsequently approved by the Court.

the

such

(Docs.

(Id. at

Court's

ruling

stipulation was

112,

113.)

The

parties have now provided the Court with their joint calculation
of back wages for the 2015, 2016, and 2017 seasons.

(Doc. 118.)

The Court therefore ORDERS as follows:

1.

The

Court's

July

31,

2017,

ruling

(doc.

109)

is

formally AMENDED to include an award of back wages and

liquidated damages

Thus,

for

the

2017

Vidalia

in accordance with the Court's

decision,

Bland

Farms

shall

onion

season.

reasoning in its

pay

back

wages

and

liquidated damages for the 2017 Vidalia onion season.
2.

The

Clerk

Plaintiff

amount
wages

of
and

is

and

instructed

against

to

ENTER

Defendant

$1,480,268.55,

which

liquidated damages

owed

JUDGMENT

Bland

in

Farms

represents
for

favor

the

in

the

2012,

of

the

back
2013,

2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 Vidalia onion seasons.1
3.

Finally,
motions

ORDER
October,

the

Clerk

and deadlines

ENTERED

at

is

instructed

and CLOSE

Augusta,

this

Georgia

to

TERMINATE

all

case.

this

tz^^

day

of

2017.

'HALL, /CHIEF JUDGE
STATES

DISTRICT

COURT

feN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

1 This figure consists of: (i) back wages totaling $552,070.86 for the 2012,
2013, and 2014 seasons; (ii) liquidated damages totaling $94,888.69 for the
2012, 2013, and 2014 seasons; (iii) back wages totaling $148,438.86 for the
2015 season;
(iv) liquidated damages totaling $148,438.86 for the 2015

season;
(v) back wages totaling $167,771.47 for the 2016 season;
(vi)
liquidated damages totaling $167,771.47 for the 2016 season; (vii) back wages
totaling $100,444.17 for the 2017 season; and (viii) liquidated damages
totaling $100,444.17 for the 2017 season.