Discrimination, ADA

LAUSD teacher requests accommodations for anxiety disorder brought on by district's failure to protect the teacher and maintain a safe school environment. $915K. Los Angeles County.

Middle school teacher says students' caricatures of him were violent and hate-filled. These images featured bloody bullet holes, a hatchet in his head, Nazi symbols, references to the MS-13 gang, racist and anti-Semitic slurs. 

  • Case Name: Theodore Faye v. Los Angeles Unified School District, et al.
  • Date of Verdict or Judgment: Tuesday, February 20, 2024
  • Type of Case: Discrimination, ADA, Employment

AT&T call center rep takes a lot of medical leave, is terminated after 10 years. Claims retaliation, wrongful termination. $2M. San Diego County.

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
  • Type of Case: Discrimination, ADA, Wrongful Termination