Zulfer v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
Mar 05, 2014OUTCOME: $6 million jury verdict (reportedly largest SOX verdict in history)
Sarbanes-Oxley Retaliation federal jury verdict on behalf of Playboy's former Corporate Controller
David Michael Derubertis's Legal Cases (12)
Studio City, CA
Employment and labor Lawyer at Studio City, CA
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Litigation, Personal Injury
Lowery v. LA Community College District
Dec 13, 2011OUTCOME: $1,161,024 judgment plus reinstatement
Bench trial in wrongful termination case based on failure to accommodate disability.
Peocock v. Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories
Dec 14, 2010OUTCOME: Judgment following jury verdict: appx $850,000 (including attorney's fees); Highest offer: $25,000
Federal court jury trial in wrongful termination case involving denial of medical leave and failure to accommodate mental disability.
Ismen v. Beverly Hospital
Aug 01, 2008OUTCOME: $1,180,000 discrimination jury verdict
Seven figure jury verdict for 75 year-old plaintiff against non-profit defendant in failure to accommocate case after 7 week jury trial. Highest offer: $50,000
Denenberg v. CalTrans
Sep 01, 2006OUTCOME: $787,000 judgment following jury verdict plus post-trial injunctive relief of retroactive promotion
$787,000 judgment following jury verdict followed by court-ordered equitable relief of retroactive promotion to January 2006, which will bring client an additional appx. $12,000 per year for remainder ... of work life with CalTrans. Retained to serve as lead trial counsel day before trial call. Case involved appx 35 depositions and thousands of pages of documents. Jury selection begin 3 days after retention to serve as lead trial lawyer.
Roby v. McKesson HBOC (2009) 47 Cal.4th 686
N/AOUTCOME: $19 million jury verdict
Lead appellate lawyer in California Supreme Court in precedent-setting hostile work environment case; co-counsel in trial court ($19 million verdict; largest employment verdict in nation in 2004; then- ... largest single-plaintiff disability discrimination verdict in California)
Lonicki v. Sutter Health Central (2008) 43 Cal.4th 201
N/AOUTCOME: Reversal of judgment at California Supreme Court
Lead appellate counsel in California Supreme Court in first case to reach state Supreme Court under the California's Family Rights Act. Successfully reversed summary judgment which had been granted ag ... ainst plaintiff and established rule that "incapacity" under medical leave laws is job-specific.
Butler v. The Vons Companies, Inc. (2006) 140 Cal.App.4th 943
N/AOUTCOME: Reversal of summary judgment
Published decision that clarified the law concerning a unionized employee’s purported waiver of rights under the Fair Employment & Housing Act by signing a union grievance settlement agreement
Weidler, et al. v. Circuit City Stores, Inc.
N/AOUTCOME: $15,000,000 discrimination class action settlement
Co-lead class counsel in California age discrimination case involving salary-based lay-offs; case resolved for $15,000,000
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N/AOUTCOME: $4,100,000 settlement in mental disability case
Single plaintiff mental disability case resolved for $4,100,000
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