Verdicts & Settlements
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Case-Whistleblower Retaliation and Discrimination: Settlement $2,000,000
We represented a senior facilities administrator at a Washington public college who was forced out after doing exactly what the law asks of a manager: reporting danger. Recruited from out of state and consistently rated an outstanding leader, our client repeatedly alerted college leadership and the Washington Department of Labor & Industries to serious workplace-violence threats, unaddressed fire and life-safety violations, asbestos and hazardous-materials compliance failures, and harassment of employees under his supervision. Instead of acting on those reports, the institution turned on the messenger.
The retaliation was sustained and escalating — stripping him of staff and authority, excluding him from decisions affecting his own department, disclosing his confidential medical information to coworkers, refusing to engage in any meaningful accommodation process for the work-related PTSD he developed, and finally terminating him. We brought claims under the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act, the state Whistleblower Act, and the Washington Law Against Discrimination (disability, age, and sex), along with wrongful termination in violation of public policy and negligence claims. The case resolved before trial for $2 million.
Settlement Details
Settlement $2,000,000
Case- Whistleblower Retaliation and Discrimination
Settlement - $8,500,000
Case - Severe Injury from Collapse of equipment due to metal fatigue
Settlement - $3,750,000
Case - Workman with severe back injuries from failure of operator’s seat on wallboard crane
Settlement - $3,750,000
Case - Workman severely injured when hit by negligent crane operation
Settlement - $1,850,000
Case - Retaliation, hostile work environment, and wrongful termination. Jennett v. Jefferson Community Counseling (Judgment after Jury Trial)
Settlement - $1,484,000
Case - Racial discrimination and retaliation against group of Black railroad employees
Settlement - $1,200,000
Case - Racial discrimination and retaliation with wrongful termination. Bunch v. King County (Supreme Court Decision)
Settlement - $1,200,000
Case - Wrongful termination with disability discrimination, failure to make reasonable accommodations and retaliation. Clifton v. Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
Settlement - $1,000,000
Case - Threats, defamation and false arrest
Settlement - $810,000
Case - Age discrimination and retaliation with wrongful termination of 4 older teachers. Lee, McAndrews, Glenn and Rich v. Bellevue School District
Settlement - $816,000
Case - Wrongful termination, hostile work environment and retaliation against female volunteer fire fighter. Walker v. Highline Fire District
Settlement - $750,000
Case - Disability discrimination
Settlement - $600,000
Case - Wrongful layoff, harassment and retaliation against County Human Resource Manager
Settlement - $500,000
Case - Wrongful death in custody. Gregoire v. City of Oak Harbor (Supreme Court Decision)
Settlement - $500,000
Case - Whistleblower retaliation and wrongful termination by major defense contractor
Settlement - $453,000
Case - Failure to make accommodations for disability of older worker. Gay v. Snohomish County
Settlement - $425,000
Case - Hostile work environment and retaliation
Settlement - $425,000
Case - Teacher abuse of school girls
Settlement - $360,000
Case - Disability discrimination with forced retirement. Cook v. Washington State Patrol
Settlement - $300,000
Case - Racial Harassment of African American employee in major corporation
Settlement - $20,000 – $300,000
Case - Many injury claims and employment discrimination related claims