Tualatin, OR
Employment and labor Lawyer at Tualatin, OR
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
OUTCOME: Judgment in Excess of $100,000
Prevailed in upholding jury verdict where Arabic plaintiff's racial discrimination claims stemmed from employer's repeated references to plaintiff by a Western name over plaintiff's objections.
OUTCOME: Prevailed against Motion for Summary Judgment
Court ruled that knee injury that affects theplaintiff's ability to walk, stand andbend may constitute a disability forpurposes of federal and state anti-discrimination statutes, even wherethe duratio ... n of the disabling effectsare uncertain. Judge Anna J.Brown denied a defense motion forsummary judgment in an employment discrimination casefiled under the federal ADA andcomparable state statutory scheme. The court reasoned that where thefull extent of the plaintiff's injurywas indeterminate, a jury could findthat the plaintiff met the Acts'disability requirement. The court also rejected thedefendant's argument that plaintiffwas unqualified for the job basedupon evidence proffered tending to show that the employer failed to engage, in good faith, in the ADA's mandated interactiveprocess. Weiss-Clark v. kaiserFoundation Health Plan of theNorthwest, CV 99-1083-BR(Opinion, Feb., 2001).Plaintiff's Counsel:Patty RissbergerDefense Counsel:John Acosta.
OUTCOME: Defendants ordered to implement policies and procedures as well as other injunctive relief, and pay attorney fees. On appeal, the judgment was affirmed.
Plaintiff was sexually harassed and discharged by her employer when she opposed owner's advances.
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