Current Litigation and Select Results
Recently Filed Cases
* Hua v. GE Energy - Disability discrimination; Alameda County.
* Silcocks v. Washington Hospital - Disability discrimination and retaliation; Alameda County.
* Mims v. Paul Graham Drilling & Service - Disability discrimination and retaliation; Solano County.
* Strey v. Washington Hospital - Disability discrimination and retaliation; Alameda County.
* Alexander v. Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. - personal injury claim brought by a passenger of a redi-wheel vehilce that was hit by the defendants' truck; San Mateo County.
* Edwards v Citibank - wrongful termination and disability discrimination claim; Alameda County.
Current Litigation
* Golman v Safeway Stores, Inc. - filed in Santa Clara County. A slip and fall injury case in which a Safeway customer slip and fell on a wet floor in a frozen food isle and suffered a humerus fracture among other injuries.
* Richard v Transitional LIving and Community Support, Inc. - Filed in Sacramento County. Wrongful Termination claim by an African American employee who was terminated for exhausting her medical leave.
* Delaney v. Simplex Grinnel - filed in federal court, Northern District of California. Wrongful termination and retaliation claim by an alarm technician who has been terminated shortly after returning from FMLA leave.
* Hodges v Mohamad - filed in San Francisco Superior Court. An injury claim by a pedestrian who was hit by a driver of a truck who was moving backwards while parking.
*Page v Caltrans - injury claim arising out of an incident in which a pedestrian was hit in a crosswalk by a Caltrans vehicle. (Alameda County)*Rothman v. Jos. A Bank - FMLA and disability discrimination claim; Contra Costa County by a former store manager. *Doe v Microsoft, Corp. - racial discrimination and retaliation claim by the former Director; Santa Clara County.
*Wright v California Department of Corrections. Disability discrimination and defamation case; Sacramento County.
*Schaal v. Catholic Healthcare West. FMLA / CFRA retaliation claim by a registered nurse against Methodist Hospital (Sacramento County)
* Walker v. Gold River Apartments. Slip and fall case (ankle fracture) by a resident who slipped on an oil spill in the apartment complex' parking lot.
SELECT RESULTS
December 2011
* $165,000 pre-arbitration settlement in an age discrimination case against a medium size marketing company in South Bay.
October 2011
* A salary in the amount of one year compensation plus medical benefits is negotiated to a terminated IT employee of a major bank.
* UM Policy Limits settlement to a victim of a sideswipe collision in Contra Costa County.
July 2011
*$75,000 settlement - to a pedestrian who was hit by a vehicle, suffering elbow fracture and rib injury (San Francisco County).
June 2011
*$175,000.00 mediation settlement against a car dealership in East Bay to a victim of a sexual and gender discrimination and harassment (Contra Costa County).
*$227,500.00 arbitration award to a former Bank VP on a retaliatory demotion and harassment claim; Sacramento County. Motions for costs and attorneys fees is pending.
April 2011
* Policy limits settlement to a pedestrian who has suffered mild injuries when she was hit while in a crosswalk (San Francisco County).
*$75,000 settlement to a custodian at a Santa Clara County school district (failure to accommodate disability and failure to engage in interactive process claims).
* $160,000 settlement to a claimant and his wife who suffered traumatic injury in part due to his own fault and in part due to the the fault of the vehicle's owner (negligent entrustment, negligence, and loss of consortium claims).
* Denial of unemployment benefits overturned to an employee who was mistakenly considered "unavailable for work" by the EDD. Claimant received a retroactive payment of unemployment benefits for the past five months subsequent to appeal of the wrongful denial.
March 2011
*$185,000 arbitration award to a sales person of a software company who was wrongfully accused of falsifying invoices and terminated in retaliation for complaining to human resources about not being paid overtime.
* $125,000 settlement to in a disability discrimination and failure to accommodate claim against public entity in East Bay.
February 2011
*Policy limits award of $100,000 in an Uninsured Motorist Arbitration to a victim of hit and run who suffered back injury and fractured shoulder, and who had pre-existing industrial back injury.
*40,000.00 settlement, full backpay, and job reinstatement to an employee at EEOC mediation to an employee who was retaliated against after complaining about repeated, sexual remarks of her superior, hinting at demotion or termination if the supervisors advances were not satisfied, and who was about to be demoted.
December 2010
*$195,000.000 settlement in a disability discrimination case following mandatory arbitration to a top performing care salesman of a dealership in Marin County.
October 2010
*$110,000 pre-trial settlement on an age discrimination claim by a hardware technician of an East Bay maintenance company.
August 2010
*$125,000 mediation settlement in an injury case involving fracture and multiple disk protrusions to a driver for a two-door sports sedan in San Mateo County.
July 2010
*Pre-litigation policy limits settlement of a personal injury claim where a bicyclist was hit by a drunk driver at North Beach.
*$90,000 settlement of a defamation claim by a grocery store manager, falsely accused of theft. The case settled at mediation.
April, 2010
* Verdict following Bench Trial in the amount of $225,000.00 on a breach of contract to a commissioned sales employee of a mid-sized technology company. Santa Clara County Sup. Ct.
January 2010
* Pre-litigation settlement on behalf of a terminated employee who was falsely accused of falsifying time-cards after working at a company for three years. * Denial of unemployment benefits to a baker at a restaurant was reversed on appeal and the benefits were ordered to be paid, after the employer did not show up for a hearing and the employee presented compelling evidence that his termination did not arise from "misconduct" and that he was set up to fail, but having his duties significantly increase while his hours of work being reduced.
*$50,000 severance package negotiated for a an executive at a non-profit corporation who was laid off at the age of 61
November 2009
*$125,000.00 settlement in the wrongful termination claim, involving failure to accommodate an administrative analyst's mental disability.
*$145,000.00 settlement 3 months before trial against a Silicon Valley company for failure to prevent racial harassment (disputed facts and liability).
October 2009
* Reversal of the denial of unemployment benefits to the car mechanic who was terminated from the high-end dealership service center in South Bay, after he was falsely accused of falsifying service order documentation.
*120,000 pre-trial settlement with the oil recycling company that failed to accommodate a worker who was terminated after being diagnosed with diabetes and who was forced to leave his workplace due to severe symptoms of diabetes.
September 2009
*$99,900 pre-trial settlement in a slip-and-fall injury case involving herniation and pre-existing condition. Alameda County.
*$58,000 settlement of a wage dispute, where the employer wrongfully argued that the employee was exempt and thus not covered by overtime compensation laws.
*$75,000 recovered in a failure to pay on a promissory note, where the creditor resided abroad and sought legal representation of a local council.
July 2009
*$40,000.00 in a slip-and-fall claim against Autozone, Inc., in Sacramento County to a customer who slipped and fell on the Autozone's parking lot due to an oil-spill.
*$45,000.00 severance payment negotiated to an administrative employee of a medium-size advertising company.
June 2009
*162,500 pre-trial settlement for injuries sustained by a victim of intentional beating in San Mateo County.
May 2009
* $85,000 pre-litigation settlement in a claim for unpaid commissions under the sales consulting / employment contract.
April 2009
* A policy limits settlement in a claim involving a bicyclist suffering a mild lower back fracture when a parked driver opened his door and caused the victim collide into his vehicle.
March 2009
* A $150,000 mediation settlement in a failure to investigate racial harassment and discriminaiton and retaliation claim against a US airline.
January 2009
* A $90,000.00 pre-arbitration settlement is reached in the age-discrimination claim filed by a former car salesman against a dealership in Sacramento Area.
November 2008
* 85,000.00 settlement in retaliation and wrongful termination claims of a management level employee in a major company in the East Bay.
October 2008
* $75,000.00 settlement for an employee who has been terminated in retaliation for reporting his employer's misconduct to a public agency (whistle blower retaliation claim).
* Settlement of negligent legal representation claim against an attorney who failed to preserve a statute of limitation in a personal injury action.
August 2008
* $150.000.00 recovery of damages in a disputed liability wrongful death case in Sacramento County.
July 2008
* $180,000 severance package negotiated for a financial officer of a major bank in California who was laid off due to the company restructuring after working as an executive for the same bank for nearly 8 years.
June 2008
*$195,000 recovered in a business dispute over compensation for consulting services between two international software companies.
May 2008
* A trademark infringement lawsuit against our client has been dismissed after filing a demurrer and successful negotiation with the Plaintiff.
March 2008
* A $65,000 settlement to the victim of a motorcycle accident in which she was broadsided by a car. * A 15,000 award to tenant who fell and injured her leg on her landlord's property due to the landlord's failure to repair a condition on his property.
