Employment and labor Lawyer
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Litigation
OUTCOME: Judgment for plaintiff $305,000.
Plaintiff alleged sexual harassment by her supervisor under Washington's Law Against Discrimination and Title VII. After a two week trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff on the ... state law claim, but not the federal claim.
OUTCOME: All claims against the hospital dismissed.
Employees filed suit against Coulee Community Hospital, seeking payment for unpaid overtime and on-call work under Washington's Minimum Wage Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act. After a bench trial, t ... he trial court found in favor of the hospital and dismissed all of the plaintiffs' claims. The court of appeals affirmed, holding that the FLSA's resident employee provisions applied and that the parties' employment agreement was reasonable.
OUTCOME: All claims against hospital dismissed.
After the plaintiff's administrative claim for retaliatory discharge for union activities was decided against him by the Public Employment Relations Commisssion (PERC), he sued the county hospital dist ... rict for the tort of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy. The Grant County Suyperior Court granted summary judgment for the hospital. The Washington Supreme Court affirmed the superior court, holding that collateral estoppel applied to bar relitigating the issue of whether the plaintiff was discharged in retaliation for union activities.
OUTCOME: Judgment for plaintiff $357,000
Plaintiff alleged the defendants were liable for breach of an express and/or implied contract, negligent and/or interntional misrepresentation, and race discrimination under Washington's Law Against Di ... scrimination and 42 USC 1981. Each claim was based upon the defendant's failure to give plaintiff stock options that had been promised for services performed.
OUTCOME: All claims against Health District dismissed.
Plaintiff sued the Spokane County Health District for failure to accommodate her claimed disability and for breach of the County's written policies. The Spokane County Superior Court dismissed the clai ... ms, holding that the Health District reasonably accommodated employee suffering generalized anxiety disorder and adjustment disorder with anxious mood as a result of job stress, and tha evidence supported conclusion that Health District complied with its written policy that employee returning from extended disability leave be placed in the "same or similar position" at the same pay range. Affirmed on appeal.
OUTCOME: $305,000 judgment for the plaintiff
The plaintiff alleged and proved she was sexually harassed by her supervisor.
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