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Kaiser charge nurse claims retaliation after being fired. $41M. Los Angeles County.

Summary

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. 

The Case

  • Court and Case Number: Los Angeles Superior Court / 21STCV15300
  • Type of Case: Employment, Whistleblower
  • Type of Result: Jury Verdict

The Attorneys

  • Attorney for the Plaintiff:

    The deRubertis Law Firm, APC by David M. deRubertis, Beverly Hills.

    Southern California Labor Law Group, PC by Taylor M. Prainito and Michael Zelman, Los Angeles.

  • Attorney for the Defendant:

    GBG LLP by Elizabeth (Lisa) Brown, Amanda Bolliger and Jasmine S. Horton, Los Angeles.

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