Aug. 21, 2021 (Florida). A large government employer this week agreed to settle our client’s discrimination case, bringing a three-year battle to an end. Our client, who asked that her identity and the terms of settlement remain confidential, was beyond… Read More ›
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Does Your Employer Have a Coronavirus Plan?
We are getting a flood of calls from worried employees about the risk of catching the coronavirus (COVID-19) n the workplace. Two questions come up over and over: What should my employer be doing? What should I do? What Your… Read More ›
The 10 Most Common Ways Employers Discriminate (And 35 Others)
“Getting fired” is the most common answer I get when I ask people, “What kinds of things on the job might make you think you were the victim of discrimination or retaliation?” And termination is still the #1 triggering event… Read More ›
Court to Rule on Firing of Employee with Mental Disorder
A judge is about to rule whether the Florida Dental Association’s insurance subsidiary (FDAS) wrongfully fired a fifteen-year employee because it feared her mental heath condition made her a workplace threat. The association describes itself as the statewide professional membership… Read More ›
Jury Awards Our Client $955,000 in Disability Trial
A jury awarded our client $955,000 late today, after finding the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) guilty of illegal discrimination. The lawsuit alleged that the agency was tired of dealing with our client’s disabilities, and used a single… Read More ›
Lawsuit: Disabled Employee Fired After Hip Replacement Surgery
A lawsuit filed this week by Jim Garrity alleges that his client was fired for taking medical leave after hip replacement surgery. She ran out of FMLA leave, and asked for (and was promised) brief additional leave under the… Read More ›
Lawsuit: Woman Fired for Absences Relating To Fall, Death of Her 88-Year Old Mother
I filed suit this week on behalf of a kind, gentle soul of a woman who was shockingly fired just weeks after her 88-year old mother was taken off life support and passed, with my client and her sister at… Read More ›
Georgia Federal Judge: University Must Stand Trial on Disability-Discrimination Charges
Valdosta, Georgia – A federal judge yesterday ruled that Valdosta State University must stand trial on accusations that it harassed and then fired my client, an instructor, because of his disabilities. The trial, which will be presided over by U.S…. Read More ›
VERDICT: Jury Burns Fire Department: $850,000.00 Verdict For Retaliating Against Our Firefighter Client
(March 2, 2016) This afternoon a Florida federal jury awarded our client, a former firefighter, $850,000 in damages today after finding his former employer, the City of Tallahassee Fire Department, harassed and retaliated against him. The verdict can be… Read More ›
Behind the Curtain: A Peek At Current Employee-Rights Cases In Florida & Georgia Courts
I’m often asked about the cases I’m handling at any given moment for employees in Florida and Georgia. People love to know what other employers do (or don’t do) that lead employees to hire me. So from time to time… Read More ›