EMPLOYMENT
Representative Cases - Employment
- Tour guides claim misclassification as independent contractors, wage and hour
claims.
- Employer sued for wrongful termination for whistle blowing: employer said plaintiff
complained of the issues he was in charge of.
- Employee in bank sues bank for bank robbery, employees did not follow 211 safety
protocols.
- Wrongful termination over racial discrimination of white male.
- Dispute over termination with each side claiming the other was aggressive, violent and profane.
- Wage and hour claims with unexplained missing signin time sheets and damaging sub rosa videos created by workman compensation investigator.
- Employee of unlicensed painting contractor falls from ladder while painting: property owner though painter was licensed, issue of statutory employer and obligations of prior owner who repaired the roof.
- Sexual discrimination claims by nurse against doctor, inappropriate comments and touching and failure to investigate.
- Headhunter sued for providing accountants who did not use requested accounting system causing penalties for unpaid property taxes
- Wrongful termination, pregnancy discrimination against law clerk in law firm.
- Double freeway accident where decedent spins out in rain, then gets hit by oncoming car driven by driver on his way to work with course and scope issues.
- Wrongful termination and hostile racial work place in charter school by administration consisting of Africans versus plaintiff as an African American.
- Wrongful termination: P claims D promised priority for disabled son which D denies even knowing about and D claims P terminated for privacy invasion of client’s files which P denied.
- Injury in Lyft vehicle by unlicensed driver; question of independent Lyft liability re driver as employee or independent contractor.
- Black employee claims discrimination in academic environment by Administrators from African country.
- Claims of sexual harassment and racial discrimination against Latinos by co-employee with dispute over existence of economic damages.
- Wrongful termination based on racist remarks repeated by coemployee, of management.
- State compensation insurance fund claiming wrongful reporting of employees of house flipping subcontractor.
- Dispute over classification as exempt of manager of credit union branch who had no supervisory duties.
- Wrongful termination, claim of discrimination against white male following Covid rehires.
- Sexual harassment of online factory worker by all male crew; given heavier duties, wrongful termination.
- PAGA and wage and hour claims from laborers working without breaks, wrongful termination in hotel industry.
- Wrongful termination of COO in cannabis industry with no notice or 60 day cure opportunity: employer says P had no experience and entire crop was destroyed from pests.
- Wrongful termination of at-will onsite manager for claims of failure to comply with documentation requirements for tenants; racial and gender discrimination.
- Wrongful termination of 50s sales employee for age discrimination; D claims violation of security and privacy policies, unrelated to age, with other employees older than P.
- Wrongful termination for points system violation on attendance amounting to late clock in by minutes with employee claiming delay caused by check in system.
- Wrongful termination for attendance issues of employee suffering from tbi from prior accident that caused seizures, insomnia. Employer claimed no knowledge and P never requested accommodations.
- Discrimination for failure to accommodate disability of ADHD and depression in tutoring business
- Sexual harassment of female trainee in longhaul trucking industry
- Wrongful termination case with claims of longterm sexual harassment; no record of complaints
- Claims of hostile work environment, sexual harassment from co-employees, and wrongful termination versus documented history of tardies and warnings
- Racial discrimination and wrongful termination of assistant principal in charter school
- “Me-too” allegations claim by model in fashion industry
- Employment failure to accommodate when worker comp injury misclassified as medical extension requests and job was not kept open in medical field.
- Dispute over noncompete clause and claims of theft of client lists with competing claims of wrongful termination and fraud
- Theft of trade secrets and violation of noncompete in creation of competing business using pricing details while in last months of continuing employment; claims of destroying evidence and violating protective orders
- Vendor hiring temporary employee provider disputing control of policies, liability for labor code violations and claims of discrimination against pregnancy of temporary employee
- Pregnancy wrongful termination versus Covid business failures and employee creating competing product online
- Discrepancies in drivers’ work records and manipulation of time sheets versus claims of racial discrimination in employment wrongful termination suit
- Racial discrimination wrongful termination case in cannabis industry and failures to outline commission payment calculations per labor code 2751
- Wrongful termination and racial discrimination charges over health professional terminated from county jail system
- Wrongful failure of probation and refusal to accommodate PTSD in fire department
- Claimed violation on nonpayment of promissory note based on contested oral modification and financial impact of Facebook shutting down income source for undisclosed reason
- Plaintiff suit for severance and promise to support for life of employee of principal in company after two decade employment
- Personal assistant of many years suit over severance and claims of promises to support for life
- Wrongful termination claims of manager of music estate for failure to generate revenue with complications of competing family interests
- Claim of defamation by headhunter costing employment offer: prior suit for discrimination against same employer; scope of information permitted on subsequent employment from former employers
- Harassment by supervisor for years on respiratory therapist who wrote her up for multiple violations when she reported the conduct
- Interference with prospective employment in statements to future employer re alleged embezzlement from prior employer of personal assistant; defamation claims
- Noncompete clause in sale of business with claims of violations for opening similar restaurant
- Claims of hostile work environment by mechanic in state bureau; left with chest pains and stress
- Home caregiver claims wage and hour violations with in home care over span where law changed about minimum hours; covid shutdown impacting collectability and possibility of bankruptcy
- Wrongful termination of whistle blower who claimed company sold refurbished computers as new; dispute over basic fact of fraud and sale of computers
- Wrongful termination by engineering company based on unexcused time-off then switched to claims of employee’s history of misconduct for which there was no paper-trail, company claimed decision not to set up evaluations was due to loss of millennial employees
- Wrongful termination claim and racial discrimination for termination of 25 year employees on claims of manipulation of GPS and time records overstating hours worked
- Sexual harassment over suggestive comments and wag and hour violations where employer failed to keep mandatory records
- Independent Contractor vs employee for ride share company: refusal to identify driver in auto accident injuring passengers
- Wage and hour and failure to accommodate injury for temp worker in first week on the job
- Discrimination and harassment from school district principal to nontenured teacher
- Wrongful termination of whistle blower on abuses within plastic surgery clinic
- Class action on wage and hour violations including rounding up and prohibition from leaving work premises during rest periods; Handbook violations were conceded but employer claimed the actual practice was compliant
- Wage and hour violations conceded and blamed on error; sexual harassment claims denied; main defendant judgement proof
- Claims of wage violations and distinction between independent contractor and employee with claims of sexual hostile work environment
- Breach of contract dispute re bonuses and raises being contractual versus discretionary
- Failure to accommodate for delay in providing ergonomic chair and claims of racial discrimination
- Medical therapist took break to get personal pregnancy medical exam when supervisor came in mid exam; invasion of privacy, hostile work environment
- Failure to accommodate carpenter work restrictions on lifting
- Breach of contract on monies owed by equity partner’s employment agreement
- Claims of breach of contract on commissions outlined in employment contract but that was never honored
- Graphic designer for restaurant chain claims misclassification as independent contractor…interesting DYNAMEX issues
- Hostile work environment and gender discrimination from abusive surgeon yelling at nurses
- Dispute over assault by UFC fighter in a gym with UFC being sued as the “employer” and “supervisor” of the fighter
- Wrongful termination employee of 44 years after claimed guarantees of seniority
- Wrongful termination/failure to accommodate for employee who failed to respond to letters outlining procedures to request leave as she assumed her WC attorneys were handling it
- Wage and hour claims by terminated employee and subsequent war between HOA and property manager over indemnification of settlement
- Failure to accommodate medical issues juxtaposed against employee’s numerous unexcused absences and discrepancies re doctor notices provided
- Wrongful termination, sexual harassment and retaliation arising from ongoing relationship between manager and offsite employee
- Age harassment and discrimination from state agency after employment of 35 years
- Claims of ownership interest rather than employee relationship based on oral contract
- Termination of 36 year employee for safety issues
- Negligent supervision of employee involved in assault
- Imploding partnership between minority and majority shareholders with claims of trade secret violations and scope of noncompete clause
- Claims of sexual discrimination by gay nurse
- Wrongful termination 35 year elderly (66 year old) employee of major corporation
- Mutual combat between two employees of different departments at university
- Sexual harassment claims of 16 year old fast food employee by older manager with cameras recording the interactions
- Mutual claims of theft, sexual harassment and wage and hour claims, wrongful classification
- Multiple Suits re sexual harassment and breach of agreement.
- Wage and Hour dispute over unpaid overtime, penalties and liquidated damages.
- Injuries from store-invasion robbery of customer and salesperson.
- Suit re discrimination and failure to provide accommodation to employee after knee surgery.
- Suit re discrimination concerning religious requirements of Sabbath hours.
- Three-month probationary employee wrongful termination claim.
- Defamation suit rising from claims of embezzlement by company employee in addition to bankruptcy and federal claims.
- Sexual harassment and wrongful termination charges out of surgery clinic.
- Employment wage and hours dispute, sexual harassment and gender discrimination.
- Hostile work environment and whistle blower claims by terminated employee.
- Wrongful termination and failure to provide ADA accommodations after absences and foot surgeries.
- Employment disability discrimination, failure to accommodate and wrongful termination.
- Wrongful termination and sexual harassment of employee in hospital chain.
- Suit against lawyer underlying case of employment dispute, including wrongful termination, and failure to expedite early resolution and missing statute of limitation claims.
- Wrongful Termination, hostile work environment and whistle blower claims.
- Multiple technicians in car dealership claim wage and hour violations.
- Age discrimination suit against Hospital chain.
- PAGA claims and violations of WARN regulations re notice of layoffs in sale of car dealership.
- Employment violation discrimination and failure to accommodate knee surgery.
- Employment discrimination religious requirements of Sabbath hours and forced work.
- Wrongful termination, gender discrimination, claims of being forced to lie for employer in arbitration.
- Pregnancy discrimination, employer denied knowledge of pregnancy; discharge of at will employee because of quality of work and loss of business.
- Transgender discrimination and claim employer forced employee to choose gender.
- Failure to accommodate prior injury to ankle suffered while on job; ankle crushed.
- Sexual harassment over ten year period with competing claims of theft of trade secrets.
- Dispute over contract for personal security allegedly obtained while employer was incapacitated, claimed theft from employer.
- Failure to accommodate condition of depression and anxiety.
- Failure to accommodate bedbugs, wage/hours and other deficiencies for truck driver.
- Age discrimination and hostile work environment with push for quotas and demand for “new blood”.
- Wrongful termination of one employee but not another with domestic violence issues.
- Class action on wage and hour violations in cosmetology school • $80 million dollar theft of trade secrets by key employees leaving to form new company.
- Hostile work environment ad failure to provide prayers space for Muslim employee.
- Misclassification cases regarding employees versus independent contractors.
- Failure to accommodate depression.
- Retaliation claims, age and gender violations and hostile work environment for older long-term employees.
- Employment commissions dispute for service representatives in car dealership.
- Rescission of job offer after applicant terminated prior employment.
- Race discrimination and hostile work environment in fashion retail establishment.
- Sexual harassment/ hostile work environment by staff soliciting sex from hotel guests and guests sexually harassing staff.
- Part-time lifeguard claimed age discrimination and constructive termination against city.
- Employment dispute by pre-kindergarten teacher and claims of constructive discharge.
- Wrongful termination dispute by employee in academic organization forced to make changes in grading and whistle blowing on sexual harassment claims.
- Retaliation claims, age and gender violations and hostile work environment for older longterm employees.
- Employment commissions dispute for service representatives in car dealership.
- Rescission of job offer after applicant terminated prior employment.
- Race discrimination and hostile work environment in fashion retail establishment.
- Sexual harassment/ hostile work environment by staff soliciting sex from hotel guests and guests sexually harassing staff.
- Part-time lifeguard claimed age discrimination and constructive termination.
- Employment dispute re pre-K teacher and claims of constructive discharge.
- Part-time life guard claiming racial discrimination.
- Allegations of racial discrimination against line-chef in all Hispanic business entity.
- Termination of 36 year employee for safety issues.