PERRY , FL. – Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores violated disability discrimination laws by mocking, harassing, and then firing a deaf employee, Jim Garrity charged in a lawsuit filed today. According to the lawsuit, our client is a 24-year-old who was employed… Read More ›
Today we filed suit against a power company on behalf of a client who alleges that he was fired after objecting to an extremely dangerous workplace hazard. He asserts that he was asked to work in a hole dug by… Read More ›
A settlement has been reached following a race-discrimination verdict in favor of Jim Garrity’s client The deal required the Florida Department of Transportation (DOT) to pay a total of $692,000. It is a spectacular and just ending. To quote Jim’s… Read More ›
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 ›
The South Walton Mosquito Control District has agreed to pay our client $150,000 to settle his whistleblower claim, based on his objections to actual or perceived violations of Florida law. Our client was a field technician for the district, which… Read More ›
A judge has now ordered our client’s former employer to reinstate her to her previous high-level job, after a jury in April 2021 found she was wrongfully terminated and awarded her $263,000 in damages. After a lengthy post-trial hearing between… Read More ›
Jim Garrity has filed a lawsuit against the Florida Department of Education (FDOE), alleging that our client, an employee in the agency’s Office of Student Financial Assistance, was harassed and then fired, after she had been diagnosed with breast cancer… Read More ›
The short answer, generally, is yes. You don’t have an absolute right to say whatever you want without jeopardizing your employment. This is true whether you work for a governmental entity or in the private sector. There are always exceptions. … Read More ›
Jim Garrity has resolved another discrimination lawsuit against a Florida school, Bay Haven Charter Academy, that has faced a number of similar claims in the past. This time, Garrity sued on behalf of an award-winning high school principal… Read More ›
There’s a lot of inaccurate information online about your rights to file a lawsuit against an employer. You might read that if you’re an “at will employee” or work in an “at will state,” you can’t sue. (Wrong.) Or that… Read More ›
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