Jury awards fired KC police officer $6.5 million 
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: April 8, 2010
Tags: race discrimination, whistleblower, wrongful discharge
A Missouri jury yesterday awarded $6.5 million to a former Kansas City police officer who claimed he was fired because he is black and a whistleblower.
Law associate can sue for wrongful discharge
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 10, 2010
Tags: disability discrimination, reasonable accommodation, wrongful discharge
A law associate’s wrongful discharge suit wasn’t time-barred, because she filed in a timely manner with respect to when she first received “unequivocal” notice that she would lose her job, the D.C. Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Firefighter not entitled to $6.2M bias award
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: employment discrimination, wrongful discharge
A firefighter who sued for race, gender and sexual orientation discrimination cannot recover damages for wrongful discharge because she failed to exhaust her administrative remedies, the California Court of Appeal has ruled.
Fired dermatologist awarded $1.2M
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 8, 2010
Tags: wrongful discharge
A Florida jury awarded dermatologist Ricarado “Rick” Romagosa $1.24 million late Friday in his breach of contract and wrongful termination lawsuit.
Employee fired over jury duty awarded $150K
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 9, 2009
Tags: wrongful discharge
A Florida jury, sworn to exercise its civic duty, awarded security guard Jackalyn P. Strachan $150,000 in damages — for exercising her same civic duty
Wrongful discharge settlement is taxable
By:
Reni Gertner
Published: March 16, 2009
Tags: taxation, wrongful discharge
A taxpayer should have included in his gross income a $65,000 wrongful discharge settlement that he received from his former employer – even though he alleged that he suffered mental injuries as a result of the loss of his job, the U.S. Tax Court has ruled in upholding a $16,000 assessment of taxes and penalties.
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