Employment
Representative Cases
- Plaintiff claims sexual harassment and constructive termination due to behavior of co employee who was a manager in a different department. Employer contends the relationship was consensual and plaintiff voluntarily resigned to accept a better paying job.
- Slip and fall at big box store. Plaintiff had knee and shoulder surgery. Video of the fall existed. Defense contested liability, causation and damages. Settled by mediator's proposal.
- Wrongful termination and discrimination alleged by plaintiff who returned to work after long medical leave only to be fired within a week of plaintiff's return back to work. Defendant employer said termination proper because of plaintiff's inappropriate conduct with speech co employees.
- 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.