Employment

Recently hired mechanic for City of Santa Ana takes time off for firefighting duties with National Guard while still in his probationary period with the City. He is later fired.

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. 

Employer ignores CFRA obligations when plaintiff takes family time off to care for an adult son.  

Long-time nurse in the NICU is fired after photo surfaces of her sitting down with her bare feet propped up on an isolette used to house a sick infant.  She says that the firing over the photo was just a pretext, that she was really fired in retaliation for repeatedly reporting unsafe conditions for patients at Kaiser. 

Food services manager, in 60s, claims UCLA did not accommodate his restrictions after an on-the-job injury; later fired him on a pretext.

Woman caring for elderly patients in their homes is taken off the job after she complains about being misclassified as an independent contractor.

Concierge at high-end Marriott in San Francisco says failure to accommodate his needs at his workstation led to him quitting, triggered PTSD from earlier spinal injury.

Court finds that County's action "was retaliatory on its face."

Radio station administrative employee claims sexual harassment by the same man who had harassed her at an earlier job. 

Salesperson says she was denied the opportunity to sell a leading product because of her age.

Employer says they gave her three different jobs in an attempt to accommodate her injury.

Shipping clerk hired through a temporary agency is fired shortly after she tells co-workers she is pregnant.

LAPD deputy chief is said to retaliate against a female lieutenant under his command after previously harassing her husband, also a sworn officer.

Jury awarded only unreimbursed expenses and pre-judgment interest due.