Stamford, CT
Employment and labor Lawyer at Stamford, CT
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Discrimination, Wrongful Termination
OUTCOME: D's Summ Judg denied, collective action certified
Collective action on behalf of class of automobile damage appraisers. Court denied Employer's motion for summary judgment, rejecting claim that automobile appraisers are exempt from the overtime provi ... sions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Court also granted Employee's class certification to proceed as a collective action.
OUTCOME: Settled during trial
Employee was the only female salesperson at a luxury automobile dealership, who was terminated and replaced by a male shortly after a new sales manager was hired. The Employer agreed to settle the cas ... e after the first day of trial proceedings (without admitting any wrongdoing).
OUTCOME: Judgment for Plaintiff
Pregnancy Discrimination case. Judgment for Employee following public hearing in the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.
OUTCOME: Defendant's Motion to Dismiss denied
Decision permitted case to proceed for negligent misrepresentation, intentional misrepresentation and promissory estoppel where Employer withdrew offer of at-will employment after Employee had resigned ... from former job, but before starting new job.
OUTCOME: Judgment sustained on appeal
Former Employee's material breach of written employment contract excused Employer from further performance under contract
OUTCOME: Defendant's summary judgment motion denied
Lay teacher at Catholic school was fired after refusing to force her second-grade students to wrtie letters to President Bush on the eve of Iraq invasion without first obtaining parental consent. Empl ... oyer argued that suit was barred by both the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the First Amendment. Summary judgment was denied, and Employer agreed during trial to resolve the case to the parties' mutual satisfaction (without any admission of wrong-doing).
OUTCOME: Settlement
Negotiated settlement on behalf of 236 store managers, following U.S. Department of Labor investigation into Employer's overtime pay practices
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