20 results for 'cat:"Employment" AND cat:"Employment Discrimination" AND cat:"Attorney Fees"'.
J. Richardson grants the sued transportation company’s motion for summary judgment but denies its request for attorney fees without prejudice in this lawsuit brought by two former employees. The suing truck drivers bring claims for race discrimination, retaliation and hostile work environment. However, the court finds that they have not provided “direct evidence of race discrimination.” Also, the evidence does not sufficiently show that one of them was terminated for discriminatory reasons or that the other should have “felt compelled to resign” due to the alleged name-calling.
Court: USDC Middle District of Tennessee , Judge: Richardson, Filed On: May 9, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv262, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment, employment Discrimination, attorney Fees
J. Drozd awards $355,000 in attorney fees and costs to a carhop who won her sexual harassment and discrimination against Sonic. The requested $405,000 in fees is reduced, in part, based on a reduction in certain billed hours.
Court: USDC Eastern District of California, Judge: Drozd, Filed On: April 30, 2024, Case #: 2:16cv740, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, attorney Fees
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J. Pfeiffer finds that the lower court properly found for a legislative analyst who claims he was fired for his anxiety issues, which led him to ask for an accommodation to allow him to work in a quiet office space. The analyst presented substantial evidence that he never had any performance issues, and that his requested accommodation of an office with a door to prevent repeated interruptions and reduce noise was reasonable. The matter is remanded to allow the lower court to calculate attorneys fees owed to the analyst for prevailing on appeal. Affirmed.
Court: Missouri Court Of Appeals, Judge: Pfeiffer, Filed On: December 12, 2023, Case #: WD85799, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, employment Discrimination, attorney Fees
J. Boulee denies the employer's motion for attorney fees after a jury found in its favor in a race discrimination action brought by the ex-employees alleging that they were wrongfully terminated. The employer's motion was filed 24 days after final judgment was entered in the case, therefore the motion is not timely. Even if the motion was timely, an award of attorney fees would not be appropriate because the case was not frivolous. The former employees' motion for a new trial is also denied.
Court: USDC Northern District of Georgia, Judge: Boulee, Filed On: November 17, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv5191, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, attorney Fees
J. Egerton finds the trial court properly awarded the former employee over $680,000 in attorney fees after applying a 0.4 negative multiplier to its $1,144,600 adjusted lodestar calculation “to account for ... counsel’s ... lack of civility throughout” the lawsuit. The record supports the court’s finding that counsel was repeatedly and intentionally uncivil to defense counsel and the court. Courts are within their discretion to apply positive or negative multipliers based on counsel’s behavior and skill. Affirmed.
Court: California Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Egerton, Filed On: October 25, 2023, Case #: B321566, Categories: Judiciary, employment Discrimination, attorney Fees
J. King awards the sales engineer $378,700 in attorney fees and $4,900 in costs for his complaint that the machine industry company laid him off because he extended his medical leave. The sales engineer submits evidence that his counsel's hourly rates are reasonable, and his unsuccessful claims are not excluded because they were based on the same "common core of facts" as his successful claims. However, counsel is not entitled to an upward adjustment of the lodestar amount because their rates "already reflect the expected quality of their work."
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: King, Filed On: October 23, 2023, Case #: 2:20cv1030, NOS: Family and Medical Leave Act - Labor, Categories: employment, employment Discrimination, attorney Fees
J. Silva grants the investment company and union's motion for $138,500 in attorney fees. The attorney acted recklessly by failing to voluntarily dismiss the union member's duty-of-fair-representation claim when it was clear that it was meritless. He also acted in bad faith by failing to inform opposing counsel/the court that he was abandoning an FMLA claim until after the issue had been fully briefed at summary-judgment, by misrepresenting evidence and case law, by raising novel arguments first in reply briefs and at oral argument, and by violating local rules. The investment company provides sufficient information on which to base an award of fees for work related to summary judgment.
Court: USDC Nevada, Judge: Silva , Filed On: September 21, 2023, Case #: 2:20cv1287, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, attorney Fees, Attorney Discipline
J. Conrad grants a group of former employees of the Charlotte Fire Department and the department itself’s motions for enforcement of settlement. The group members sued the department for various grievances including race and gender discrimination during their time working there. Both parties reached a reasonable settlement agreement wherein group members will be awarded lump sums including damages, pension-eligible back wages, sick leave and attorney fees and costs.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: August 30, 2023, Case #: 3:18cv612, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment, employment Discrimination, attorney Fees
J. Chun grants the employee's counsel $92,900 in attorney fees after the employee partially prevailed on his complaint alleging that Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro did not select the employee for an apprentice program because of his age. The employee asks for $347,400 in attorney fees for 800 hours of work, but the hour-by-hour analysis is not feasible because the employee's request includes the work of three attorneys and one paralegal with fluctuating hourly rates over the span of nearly four years.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Chun, Filed On: August 16, 2023, Case #: 3:20cv6095, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment, employment Discrimination, attorney Fees
J. Deavers grants, in part, Amazon's motion for attorney fees, ruling that while it is entitled to recover fees from the individual who brought the employment discrimination suit, its failure to attempt to find local counsel requires a reduction in the hourly rate that will drop the award from the requested $8,100 to $3,200.
Court: USDC Southern District of Ohio, Judge: Deavers, Filed On: August 15, 2023, Case #: 2:21cv3, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, attorney Fees
J. Boasberg grants, in part, an individual's motion for attorney fees following her disability discrimination case against the Department of Homeland Security. The individual is awarded $526,000, reduced from the requested $742,000 in fees, due, in part, to a reduction in the hourly rate.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Boasberg, Filed On: August 9, 2023, Case #: 1:17cv988, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, attorney Fees
J. Conley finds Union Pacific has brought nothing to refute the jury's verdict in the former conductor's favor in his disability discrimination lawsuit claiming Union Pacific refused to re-certify him as a conductor due to his hearing impairment, so its post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law is denied. The conductor's motion for attorney fees is granted in part, and Union Pacific is ordered to pay his lawyers $1,219,570 in adjusted fees and $104,110 in costs.
Court: USDC Western District of Wisconsin, Judge: Conley, Filed On: July 12, 2023, Case #: 3:18cv37, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, employment Discrimination, attorney Fees
J. Boasberg awards $313,000 in attorney fees to an individual following his partially successful race discrimination claim against a federal employee union. The individual is not entitled to his request for $1.4 million in fees, as three of four of his claims were dismissed and he only won $100,000 in damages.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Boasberg, Filed On: June 16, 2023, Case #: 1:17cv2094, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, attorney Fees, Labor / Unions