School District's workers' comp administrator is blamed for providing misleading information. Verdict includes $27 million in punitive damages against administrator.
Case Name: Ruvalcaba v. Santa Cruz City Schools, et al.
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Employee of defense subcontractor refuses to take photographs of equipment on military base when ordered to do so, reports those improper orders to general contractor, and is later fired on a pretext.
Case Name: Randall Benart v. DA Defense Logistics HQ, LLC
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Tuesday, December 24, 2019
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
Service rep works ten years for phone company call center, is fired after she continually misses work; employer says that's not why she was fired – that she repeatedly failed to meet national standards.
Case Name: Angela Hernandez v. Pacific Bell Telephone Company, dba AT&T California, Inc.
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Thursday, April 14, 2016
Long-time sports columnist for LA Times with national reputation claims he was discriminated against, constructively terminated. Judge later grants motion for JNOV, reduces verdict to zero.
Case Name: Simers v. Tribune Company
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Long-time custodian with bad back says he can't use ladder and requests accommodation from school district employer; denied as essential function of job. He was later terminated.
Case Name: Joseph Snead v. Chino Valley Unified School District
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
