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Disability Discrimination Prevailing Party

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Court Orders Higher Prevailing-Plaintiff Attorneys’ Fees In Disability Discrimination Case

Caldera v. California Dep’t of Corrs. & Rehab., 2020 WL 2109751 (Cal. Ct. App. 2020) - Augustine Caldera is a correctional officer at a state prison who stutters when he speaks. Caldera alleged that the prison’s...more

Payne & Fears

Key California Employment Law Cases: August 2018

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This month’s key employment law cases address pre-employment physicals, appeals from California Labor Commissioner awards, and background checks.   EEOC v. BNSF Ry. Co., 902 F.3d 916 (9th Cir. 2018)...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Employee Denied Attorney’s Fees Despite Establishing that His Termination was Substantially Motivated by His Disabilities

In William Bustos v. Global P.E.T, Inc., et al. (Cal Ct. App., Dec. 22, 2017, No. E065869), William Bustos brought a disability discrimination action against his former employers, Global P.E.T., Inc. and Global Plastics, Inc....more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

California Employment Law Notes - July 2016

Employer Is Entitled To Recover $4 Million In Attorney's Fees From EEOC - CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC, 578 U.S. ___, 136 S. Ct. 1642 (2016) - The EEOC filed suit against CRST (a trucking company) alleging...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

California Employment Law Notes - May 2016

Employee Who Needed To Assist Disabled Son Could Proceed With "Associational Disability Discrimination" Claim - Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, Inc., 246 Cal. App. 4th 180 (2016) - Luis...more

CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program

California Supreme Court Raises the Bar for Recovery of Costs by Prevailing Defendants in FEHA Cases

In Williams v. Chino Valley Independent Fire District, the California Supreme Court held that a prevailing defendant in a California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) case can only recover costs of suit where the...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Prevailing FEHA Defendant Not Entitled To Litigation Costs Unless Plaintiff’s Lawsuit Lacked Objective Basis

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The California Supreme Court in Williams v. Chino Valley Independent Fire District affirmed the asymmetrical nature of litigation costs awards in discrimination lawsuits under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act...more

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Settlement Agreements: Forgetting Costs May Cost You in California

DeSaulles v. Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, No. H038184 (May 2, 2014): A California Court of Appeal recently considered the issue of whether one of the parties in a litigation can be considered to be...more

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