Lussier v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.
N/AOUTCOME:
Obtained affirmance by the 9th Circuit of denial of attorney fees after remand following removal under the Class Action Fairness Act. (518 F.3d 1062 (9th Cir. 2008)).
Carol J. Bernick's Legal Cases (6)
Employment and labor Lawyer
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Class Action, Discrimination
Berntsen v. Dollar Tree Stores
N/AOUTCOME: Defense verdict
Achieved defense verdict in jury trial alleging quid pro quo sexual harassment.
Dale v. Sitel
N/AOUTCOME: Defeated class certification
Defeated class certification on behalf of Sitel in a wage and hour class action, which claimed, in part, that Sitel used rounding to force employees to come in seven minutes early to work, and then req ... uired that the same employees leave at precisely 5 p.m., so as to never receive a rounding benefit. (Mult. Co., Or. 2007)
Johnston v. Pets Rx, Inc.
N/AOUTCOME: Settled
Defended against plaintiff who brought claims of disability discrimination and workers’ compensation and FMLA retaliation. The court granted summary judgment to defendant on all but one claim, but limi ... ted plaintiff’s damages on that claim to a few weeks. The case then settled.
Lowdermilk v. U.S. Bank
N/AOUTCOME: Dismissal of class claims
Successfully defeated class action certification and obtained dismissal of class claims with prejudice.
Manesh v. Tokyo Electron American
N/AOUTCOME: Court twice denied certification for both claims
Defeated multiple collective action certification motions under the Fair Labor Standards Act seeking certification of claims involving misclassification of certain job functions and time keeping practi ... ces.
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