USA Waste of California should be in the running for inclusion in the Top 10 Worst Employers in California. In a recent decision, a Ninth Circuit panel reversed a summary judgment granted for USA Waste in a FEHA age discrimination … Continue reading
This is a case in which the First Appellate Court of Appeal upheld a trial court’s summary judgment of an age discrimination, harassment and retaliation case. In, of all places, San Francisco! Not Bakersfield. Not Fresno. Not Texas. But San … Continue reading
Congratulations to Los Angeles attorney Maryann Gallagher for an $8.5 million verdict she got for her client in an age and gender discrimination case against B.E. Aerospace, Inc. on June 2, 2016. The verdict included $7 million in punitive damages … Continue reading
I like cases when a summary judgment is overturned on appeal. In this case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently concluded that an age discrimination case filed under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) can proceed, even though … Continue reading
Congratulations to attorney Mark Velez of Rocklin, California for obtaining a verdict of $4.75 million in a FEHA age discrimination case against Bass Underwriters. His client, Barbara Anderton, was 61 years old when she was terminated from her 15-year job … Continue reading
When it rains, it pours. Just ask Jed York of the San Francisco 49’ers. He’s the guy who ostensibly partly owns and runs the team and who recently dumped head coach Jim Harbaugh for, well we don’t know yet (but … Continue reading
The Courts of Appeal have not issued many published decisions lately on FEHA cases, but here are two recent unpublished decisions concerning defendant’s evidence of a legitimate nondiscriminatory reason for termination and another case regarding an attorney’s fee award. Davis … Continue reading
I see this quite often: a long-time employee with a good work record all of the sudden becomes incompetent or mistake-prone thus forcing the employer to fire the employee. Sometimes, this really happens. Often, however, its just an employer who … Continue reading
According to the Fresno Bee, a Fresno jury returned a verdict of $749,000 against Farmers Insurance Exchange for Sharron Warhime, a former Farmers Insurance adjuster, for age discrimination and related causes of action. Apparently Farmers contended that Warhime was a … Continue reading
Mary Lindsay, former Deputy City Manager of the City of Hanford, recently filed a FEHA lawsuit in Los Angeles County against the City of Hanford, Hilary Straus and Pam McCarthy. Both Straus and McCarthy are former City Managers. Lindsay, represented … Continue reading