Employment
Representative Cases
- A fired employee plaintiff alleged causes of action for sex/gender harassment and discrimination and sexual orientation harassment and whistleblower punishment. Defendant employer denied all allegations and asserted plaintiff was a inadequate/deficient employee.
- Wrongful termination alleged by plaintiff with allegations she was targeted because of a disability. Defendant employer countered that plaintiff had conducted fraudulent transactions using the employer's gift card program for shoppers.
- Plaintiff making wage claim. Defendant filed cross complaint for breach of contact, trade secret misappropriation and injunctive relief. This situation also involved a non compete clause and an NDA.
- Alleged Failure to Perform proper background check on home health care employee who had several felonies on his record. Felonious health care worker alleged to have stolen from and misappropriated property from ailing elderly patient. Defendant employer contested liability for acts of wayward employee and also the nature and extent of alleged actions by wayward employee.
- Employment FEHA case for disability and sexual orientation harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. Defendant asserted that plaintiff suffered from a non-industrial mental breakdown due to severe schizophrenia. Plaintiff asserted he was an “eggshell” plaintiff.