Whistleblower

Retaliation against deputy trainee who reported illegal stops and arrests. $8.1M. Los Angeles County.

LA County Sheriffs Department captain retaliates against deputy who reported misconduct.

Case Name: Andrew Rodriguez v. County of Los Angeles
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Friday, October 04, 2019
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LAUSD teacher claims retaliation after she reports suspected child abuse. $600K. Los Angeles County.

Preschool teacher says she was retaliated against for reporting abuse.

Case Name: Johana Davila v. Los Angeles Unified School District
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Tuesday, September 10, 2019
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20-year City of Compton employee suffers discrimination, retaliation and termination. $655K. Los Angeles County.

City of Compton's HR director is terminated; claims retaliation after reporting discrimination and harassment by city council member.

Case Name: Kareemah Mateen-Bradford v. City of Compton, et al.
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Tuesday, June 11, 2019
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Engineer reports he was improperly given access to classified documents. Whistleblower. $1.5M. Los Angeles County.

Plaintiff provided engineering support in fulfillment of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech RESS contract. While he was helping design the spacecraft's power supply, plaintiff received a classified/proprietary engineering math software that he should not have been given. He reported it. Later terminated.

Case Name: David Lillie v. ManTech International Corporation
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Thursday, February 28, 2019
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Catholic-school teacher's contract not renewed after maternity leave. $3.6M. Los Angeles County.

Teacher says termination after pregnancy leave was retaliation; church says it was due to her performance.

Case Name: Liggins v. Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Father Michael Tang, et al.
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Thursday, November 01, 2018
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Three whistle-blowing employees of FedEx claim unsafe airplane repairs. $8M. Los Angeles County.

Employees say they complained about unsafe aircraft repair and repairs that were signed off on but never done, and then were retaliated against.

Case Name: Gruzalski et al. v. Federal Express Corporation et al.
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Friday, October 19, 2018
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Civilian investigator reports misconduct, which City of Long Beach tries to hide. $736K. Los Angeles County.

Civilian investigator is terminated after he says valid complaints against Long Beach police were repeatedly ignored; claims retaliation.

Case Name: Thomas Gonzales v. City of Long Beach
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Friday, September 07, 2018
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Whistleblower gets $22M punitives after wrongful termination. $25.1M. Los Angeles County.

Sales manager reports illegal sale activity, claims he was retaliated against.

Case Name: Steven Babyak v. Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Tuesday, April 25, 2017
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