Garcia v Abeygoonesekera
Jul 20, 2016OUTCOME: Jury Verdict: $259,000
Slip and fall case at an apartment building in Oakland, CA, leading to ankle fracture.
Sacramento, CA
Employment and labor Lawyer at Sacramento, CA
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Personal Injury ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Jury Verdict: $259,000
Slip and fall case at an apartment building in Oakland, CA, leading to ankle fracture.
OUTCOME: Settlement at the district court's mandated settlement conference.
Plaintiff slipped and fell on the airplane staircase, when she was disembarking from the airplane at San Jose Internal Airport. Plaintiff asked a crew member of assistance in getting off the plane, but ... was ignored. Plaintiff sustained serious injuries to her lower back.
OUTCOME: Stipulated jugement during trial.
The defendant-employer pushed plaintiff against a piece of furniture in the office on the day of termination plaintiff, causing him injuries which forced plaintiff to be on disability for nearly three ... months. San Francisco Superior Court, Department 514.
OUTCOME: Pre-trial Settlement
Plaintiff, a general manager of a taxi-cab company, was subjected to racial harassment and subsequently terminated. Plaintiff filed a lawsuit for failure to prevent racial harassment and hostile work e ... nvironment. The case was settled after the defendants' motion to summary judgment was denied.
OUTCOME: Pre-Trial Settlement
Plaintiff, a 15-year outstanding employee for the City's Department of Health and Human Services has been terminated shortly after being falsely accused of violence at workplace, and shortly after requ ... esting reasonable accommodations to her disability and FMLA leave. Plaintiff sued for defamation, retaliation, and disability discrimination. The parties settled a case for $130,000. In addition the City committed to not contest the plaintiff's eligibility to unemployment benefits.
OUTCOME: Settled at Mediation
Plaintiff has been employed as a flight attended by Northwest Airlines for nearly 23 years. Plaintiff was terminated shortly after complaining about being racial harassment by one of his supervisors.
OUTCOME: Settled 2 weeks before trial.
Injury arising out of a brutal assault of a minor by three other minors. The attackers were criminally convicted and faced civil liabilty through their parents for the victim's injuries.