Attorney Christine Teresa Elzer's Legal Cases

Employment and labor

ERISA Interference and Retaliation

Mar 30, 2022

OUTCOME: Judgment for plaintiff, affirmed by Third Circuit

Judgment for employee in case alleging employer fired employee due to the cost of his health insurance expenses and to prevent the employee from costing the company money in the future. Employee prevai ... led on appeal. Employee also prevailed on claim that employer failed to pay agreed-upon severance. Employer prevailed on claims alleging disability and age discrimination. These decisions were not appealed

Employment and labor

Disability discrimination

Oct 04, 2021

OUTCOME: Partial verdict for plaintiff; partial verdict for defendant

Jury trial alleging an employer failed to accommodate a longtime employee’s disability of claustrophobia, and fired him because of his disability. Plaintiff won the failure to accommodate claim. Defend ... ant won the termination claim.

Employment and labor

Failure to accommodate

May 13, 2020

OUTCOME: Plaintiff obtained partial summary judgment; case settled before trial

Commonwealth of PA fired employee after very few absences related to her disabilities of epilepsy and asthma. Employee alleged failed to accommodate her disabilities, resulting in her termination. In ... a rare instance of a plaintiff obtaining partial summary judgment, I successfully argued that the employer had not presented evidence to meet its burden of showing that excusing the plaintiff’s absences would have caused an undue hardship.

Wrongful termination

Health care worker fired for refusing forced overtime

Jan 09, 2015

OUTCOME: Verdict for Plaintiff $121,869, Prevailed on appeal

While working with another firm, I brought a case of first impression under PA Act 102 against a health care facility that fired a direct care worker for refusing assignments of forced overtime.

Discrimination

Religious discrimination

Dec 22, 2014

OUTCOME: Defeated summary judgment

Employer fired employee who requested accommodation of being excused from meetings that violated her religious beliefs

Discrimination

Disability discrimination

Sep 30, 2014

OUTCOME: Defeated summary judgment

Nurse was removed from her position because of her hearing impairment

Discrimination

Age & race discrimination

May 13, 2014

OUTCOME: Defeated summary judgment; settled

University failed to hire qualified adjunct professor and instead hired two younger employees of a different race who had no teaching experience

Employment and labor

Political affiliation discrimination

Oct 21, 2013

OUTCOME: Defeated summary judgment; settled

Two deputy sheriffs were fired after one of them ran against the sitting sheriff, and the other supported his coworker's candidacy.

Employment and labor

Invalidated non-compete

Jan 16, 2013

OUTCOME: Obtained preliminary injunction; prevailed on appeal

Declaratory judgment action against an employer who required an employee to sign a non-compete agreement after beginning employment

Discrimination

Pregnancy discrimination

Nov 08, 2011

OUTCOME: Defeated summary judgment; settled

Assistant public defender was fired after returning to work after birth of child

Christine Teresa Elzer's Legal Cases (14)

ERISA Interference and Retaliation

Disability discrimination

Failure to accommodate

Health care worker fired for refusing forced overtime

Religious discrimination

Disability discrimination

Age & race discrimination

Political affiliation discrimination

Invalidated non-compete

Pregnancy discrimination