Manufacturing plant supervisor takes a lot of time off due to on-the-job injuries; he's demoted, later fired. Company says he was soliciting bribes from vendors.
Case Name: Astorga v. Snap-On Logistics
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Head of electronics department is not interviewed for dean position; later threatens legal action. Claims retaliation and defamation after he is fired.
Case Name: Duong v. ITT Educational Services, Inc., et al.
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Friday, July 01, 2016
Long-term hospital security guard fails drug test while on leave for on-the-job accident. He's fired, claims defamation, invasion of privacy and wrongful termination.
Case Name: Mckinley Nou v. Children’s Hospital Central California
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Thursday, October 16, 2014
When a surgeon accuses his superior of manipulating an organ transplant priority list, he is fired and defamed to colleagues. Jury finds defamation against the surgical director. $1.5 million verdict is followed by confidential settlement before punitive damages phase.
Case Name: Hootan Roozrokh v. Michael deVera, et al.
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Thursday, January 23, 2014
Physician's assistant in surgical unit says hospital ignored her repeated written complaints about verbal sexual harassment by doctors, lax safety practices and meal-and-rest breaks.
Case Name: Ani Chopourian v. Catholic Healthcare West d.b.a. Mercy General Hospital and Mercy General Hospital
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Whistleblower surgeon alleges UCLA allows docs to take medical industry payments that could compromise patient care. $10 million settlement after 2-month trial.
Case Name: Robert Pedowitz, M.D. v. The Regents of the University of California, et al.
