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Los Angeles Employment Discrimination Attorneys
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We have represented those who have sustained injury resulting from a violation of their civil rights in the workplace. Common claims include sexual harassment and discrimination on the basis of age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, nationality or ethnic background.
Racial Discrimination
Our client, a teacher, was continually harassed by her supervisor, based upon her Hispanic ethnic heritage. The supervisor accused our client of being an illegal alien, regularly made racist comments about Hispanics and otherwise berated her in a loud, aggressive and intimidating manner based upon her ethnicity.
Our client experienced severe mental anguish and emotional distress, became unable to work and incurred significant medical expenses.
Result: Confidential Substantial Settlement
Disability Discrimination
Our client was a schoolteacher with a prosthetic leg. He taught in both a classroom and shop class one-quarter mile apart. The trek between the two venues, up to 20 times each day, caused ulceration on the stump of his leg. He was eventually unable to walk for any period of time without pain and disability. The school refused to provide reasonable accommodations for his handicap.
Result: $775,000 Settlement
Disability Discrimination — Fair Employment and Housing
Our client, an insurance adjuster in a supervisory capacity, was involved in a motorcycle accident that rendered him paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair. Insurance company management reneged on a promise to hold his position open for him, then repeatedly offered him unsuitable positions.
We demonstrated that the company failed to take any affirmative steps toward investigating and/or finding sufficient accommodations that would assist our client in finding work.
Result: Confidential Substantial Settlement
Racial Discrimination
Our client, a 43-year-old man, worked for the City of Long Beach as a parking meter technician. His supervisor continually harassed him, making derogatory references to his Mexican heritage, accent and immigration status. Despite complaints to other supervisors and management, nothing was done. Finally, our client became angry at his supervisor and an argument ensued. Our client went off work due to stress. He suffered low self-esteem and a consequent anxiety disorder from the years of abuse.
The City claimed the racial slurs did not occur, or if they did they were isolated, and that the supervisor treated everyone poorly.
As a result of the settlement, the supervisor was removed from the parking meter shop and isolated to prevent interaction with any of the technicians.
Result: Substantial Six-Figure Settlement
Sexual Harassment
A Hispanic woman working in a blue-collar job was subject to frequent physical and verbal harassment by her immediate supervisor.
Result: Confidential Substantial Settlement
Sexual Harassment
Our client, a woman employed by a large grocery store chain, was sexually harassed by her supervisor, including being forced to submit to advances to retain her job.
Result: Confidential Substantial Settlement
Sexual Harassment
Our client, a woman who was working in one of the electrical trades with an almost exclusively male workforce, was subjected to verbal and physical harassment resulting in significant psychological injury.
Result: Confidential Substantial Settlement
Sexual Harassment — Sexual Orientation
Our client was continuously harassed and subjected to derogatory remarks and jokes by his supervisor because of his sexual orientation. He became unable to carry out his job duties.
Result: Confidential Substantial Settlement
Sexual Harassment — Racial Discrimination
Our client, an African American female crane operator in her thirties, worked at a job site where she was subjected to written statements of a racially discriminatory nature.
Result: Confidential Substantial Settlement
Sexual Harassment — Government
Our client, a 40-year-old married woman, was a secretary who worked for a government agency and was sexually harassed by her psychologist supervisor. Our client asked for the harassment to stop, but it continued.
Result: Substantial Six-Figure Settlement
Sexual Harassment — Same Sex
Our client, a married woman in her 30s, was a legal secretary who worked for an older woman who subjected her to verbal sexual harassment, such as frequently commenting on her body. Our client requested that she not talk to her that way, but the comments continued.
Result: Confidential Substantial Settlement
Age Discrimination
Our client, a 61-year-old senior employee for The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District, was terminated from his job after 40 years of service for what he alleged was the application of a policy that had never before been enforced – using the company car for a personal errand. Prior to a new supervisor taking over in 2000, our client had always had good performance reviews and been in good standing. However, the new supervisor began a course of conduct designed to force him to retire, which included verbal pressure, and several groundless accusations of misconduct. We developed evidence that the employer’s stated reason for termination was a pretext, and that the true reason was age discrimination.
Result: Substantial Six-Figure Settlement
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