Felicia Curran's Legal Cases (2)

Nursing home abuse and neglect

Cook v. Lenox Healthcare of San Pablo

Jun 01, 2004

OUTCOME: Judgment by default in the amount of $3,279,463.

Judgment by default in the amount of $3,279,463.00 in an elder abuse case on behalf of an elderly woman and her daughter against a San Pablo nursing home. The judgment was entered by a judge after an e ... videntiary hearing in which Felicia Curran presented evidence of how the elderly woman had suffered when the nursing home repeatedly neglected her, causing her to develop a Stage 4 bedsore that covered her buttocks. The bedsore required multiple surgeries to save the elderly woman’s life. As a result of the nursing home’s neglect, the elderly woman is bed-bound for the rest of her life. Felicia Curran also presented evidence that entitled the daughter to a damage award for her own emotional distress that was based on gross acts of mistreatment of her mother she observed during visits to the nursing home.

Sexual harassment

Meriola Gotthardt v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. (AMTRAK)

Sep 14, 1999

OUTCOME: Jury Verdict/Equitable Relief of $1,025,000

Jury Verdict/Equitable Relief Award In the Amount of $1,025,000. In Meriola Gotthardt v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. (AMTRAK) 191 F.3d 1148 (9th Cir. 1999), Felicia and her co-counsel obtained a ... combined jury verdict/equitable relief award after jury trial for the female locomotive engineer in the amount of $1,025,000. The court also ordered AMTRAK to pay an additional award for the engineer’s attorney fees. The Gotthardt case was the first appellate decision in this Circuit holding that the damage cap of 42 U.S.C. Section 1981a(b)(3) does not apply to an employee’s claims for lost future wages ("front pay") under the federal anti-discrimination law, Title VII. This issue was later resolved on a nationwide basis in 2001, by the U.S. Supreme Court, in Pollard v. E.I. du Pont (2001) 532 U.S. 843, once again in the plaintiff’s favor.

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