Long Beach, CA
Wrongful termination Lawyer at Long Beach, CA
Practice Areas: Wrongful Termination, Employment & Labor, Sexual Harassment
OUTCOME: $768,000 jury verdict, fees and costs for sexual harassment and wrongful termination
Defendant sexually harassed undocumented Plaintiff and threatened her with violence, deportation and her job in an effort to obtain sex, which she refused. We were successful even though Plaintiff had ... the burden of proof but had no witnesses to the harassment or the threats.
OUTCOME: $500,000 for whistleblower retaliation
Defendant-Employer terminated Plaintiff-Employee after reporting unsafe electrical control panel in area of refinery subject to leaking of explosive gases.
OUTCOME: $1.3 million jury verdict, fees & costs for wrongful termination in retaliation for opposing race discrimination
The State Attorney General's Office interviewed numerous witnesses regarding alleged race discrimination against a particular employee at CSUSB. Plaintiff-supervisor reported evidence tending to suppor ... t the employee's claim of race discrimination. CSUSB then engaged in an 18 month campaign of retaliation against the supervisor culminating in his termination. CSUSB defended that Plaintiff was terminated for being a harsh boss. His subordinates testified he simply made them do their jobs. Case was difficult because Court excluded nearly all evidence of what Plaintiff actually said to the Attorney General's Office, others who also reported discrimination to the AG's office were not terminated or disciplined, and 18 month gap between AG interview and termination.
OUTCOME: $1 million jury verdict, fees, costs and interest for whistleblower retaliation and wrongful termination
Employee complained of supervisor and co-worker's sleeping on the job, using unlawful substances, violating workplace and public safety regulations, and retaliating against Employee for making those co ... mplaints and for taking medical leave. County accused Employee himself of sleeping on the job. Employee took videos shown at trial of his co-workers and supervisors sleeping on the job instead of monitoring public safety sensors, and evidence that Plaintiff was criticized for taking legally protected medical leave.
OUTCOME: $860,000 jury verdict, punitive damages, fees and costs for race harassment and constructive wrongful termination
Employer showed racially charged video to Plaintiff-Employee, made racial "jokes," and racial remarks about Plaintiff-Employee's son, who also worked there briefly, forcing Plaintiff-Employee to quit d ... ue to intolerable working conditions.
OUTCOME: $1.4 million jury verdict, punitive damages, fees, costs and interest
Employer terminated Plaintiff-Employee shortly after complaining about sexual harassment to a government agency. Employee successful even though no witnesses testified to having seen the harassment. Ju ... ry awarded $370,000 compensatory and punitive damages even though Plaintiff server only worked there 14 months and never held a job over two years. Court threw out $120,000 of verdict but Plaintiff won appeal recovering $80,000 of that and permitting recovery of attonreys fees of an additional approximately $600,000. Employer countersued for malicious prosecution which employee defeated in both trial and appellate court and was awarded an additional $65,000 in fees and costs.
OUTCOME: $1 million
Bank supervisors said they wanted to replace Plaintiff, aged 60, and other older workers with younger employees. Case settled half-way through trial.