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Keene v. Houston Lighting & Power Co., 95-ERA-4 (ALJ Oct. 10, 1995)


Date:  October 10, 1995

Case No.:  95-ERA-4

In the Matter of:

EARL VANDORN KEENE  
               Complainant    
         vs.
                              
EBASCO CONSTRUCTORS, INC.,
a/k/a RAYTHEON CONSTRUCTORS,
k/n/a RAYTHEON ENGINEERS AND
CONSTRUCTORS, INC.   
               Respondent


                         ERRATA

     On September 29, 1995, a Recommended Decision and Order
issued in this case.  The fourth paragraph on page 13 and the
first paragraph under Recommended Order on page 14 are in error. 
The paragraphs should read as follows:

Page 13, paragraph 4

     Complainant has a duty to mitigate his damages in situations
     such as this, and since the length of his job at EBASCO is
     indeterminable, I find that he is entitled to loss of wages
     only from March 25, 1994, through April 12, 1994, a period
     of 13 working days at $16.18 per hour for 8 hour days, less
     $245.00 received in unemployment during this period.  The
     total amount which I find Complainant due for lost wages is
     ,437.72.

Page 14, under Recommended Order

     It is my recommendation that Complainant should prevail on
     his complaint as it pertains to his termination on March 24,
     1994, and a final order should issue awarding him ,437.72
     in damages for 13 days lost wages at an hourly rate of
     $16.18 for an 8 hour day, less $245.00 received in
     unemployment during this period. Additionally, I recommend
     that the Respondent be ordered to expunge from Complainant's
     record the "fair" appraisal given him on his termination in
     March, 1994.  As to the matter of attorney's fees and
     expense, the same shall hereinafter be addressed in a
     Supplemental Decision and Order.

     SO ORDERED this 10th day of October, 1995, at Metairie,
Louisiana.

                              C. RICHARD AVERY
                              Administrative Law Judge


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