• posted: Jul. 26, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• sexual orientation discrimination

Brian Ball, a former trainer for the Chicago White Sox who worked for the team for 20 years, filed a lawsuit against the team and its general manager Rick Hahn, Read More

• posted: Jun. 28, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• wrongful termination lawsuit,  whistleblower claim,  retaliation claim

A former firefighter from Montebello, California recently filed a federal whistleblower wrongful termination suit worth more than $5 million. That firefighter, Vernon Creswell, already won a $2.6 million payout from the Read More

• posted: Apr. 26, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• Louisiana State Trooper,  Wrongful Termination Suit

Former Louisiana State Trooper Carl Cavalier formally appealed his termination from the department, a day after the State Police fired him in what he says was an act of wrongful Read More

• posted: Mar. 17, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• corruption trial,  Hawaii Department of Public Safety,  internal affair investigation

A former deputy sheriff recently filed a lawsuit against Hawaii’s Department of Public Safety, claiming he was a victim of wrongful termination. The whistleblower, Tommy Cayetano, claimed former DPS Director Nolan Read More

• posted: Mar. 10, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employer retaliation,  sexual abuse,  cover up

San Jose State University (SJSU) recently agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging a coverup of sexual abuse allegations. The claimant was a whistleblower who targeted the suit against the university Read More

• posted: Feb. 24, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• sexual harassment,  termination was retaliation,  racketeering

The attorneys for former associate athletic director Sharon Lewis of Louisiana State University (LSU) claim her firing was a result of retaliation. Lewis had previously filed a $50 million federal racketeering Read More

• posted: Feb. 15, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• Statute of Limitations

On January 10, 2022, the Sixth Circuit ruled the statute of limitations period for False Claims Act whistleblower retaliation cases begins when the whistleblower is first notified of the adverse Read More

• posted: Feb. 10, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• unsafe working conditons

The United States Department of Labor will investigate allegations that Apple retaliated against an employee who blew the whistle on company wrongdoing. The whistleblower is Ashley Gjovik, a former senior engineering Read More

• posted: Jan. 13, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employer retaliation,  wrongful termination,  emotional distress damages

Judith Zimmerman, a former professor at the University of Utah, won $760,000 in damages in a jury trial after she sued the university claiming whistleblower retaliation. The case was another example Read More

• posted: Aug. 19, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• anti-retaliation,  carbon monoxide exposure,  Occupational Safety and Health Act

The federal government brought a lawsuit against a hotel operator in Waller, Texas, claiming it terminated an employee who sought medical attention after exposure to carbon monoxide in the workplace. The Read More

• posted: Jul. 26, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination,  Covid-19
• Public Health Emergency Whistleblower Act (PHEW)

A former employee of Amazon claims she was fired from the company’s sorting center in Thornton, Colorado after repeatedly raising concerns about the COVID-19 risks in the facility. In response, Read More

• posted: Jul. 19, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Wrongful Termination

A federal jury in Washington state recently awarded $11 million to an IBM manager who was fired after complaining about racial discrimination. Scott Kingston, the manager in question, was retaliated against Read More

• posted: Jul. 19, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• Employee Harassment,  knowledgeable whistleblower lawyer

In a recent lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) claimed Peachstate Health Management LLC (dba AEON Global Health) violated federal laws by subjecting a black female client services Read More

• posted: Jul. 01, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• zoltek

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently filed a lawsuit against Zoltek Corp., alleging the company acted in defiance of whistleblower statutes by wrongfully terminating an employee who spoke Read More

• posted: May 10, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employment lawsuits

It was a predictable result of the COVID-19 pandemic—by May 2020, new employment lawsuits in federal courts started to majorly fall off. However, by the end of the year and Read More

• posted: Apr. 26, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employer retaliation,  wrongful termination,  covid,  covid-19

A whistleblower claims he was wrongfully terminated from his position after repeatedly raising his concerns about COVID-19 protocols at Trojan Battery Co. in Santa Fe Springs. The company was the subject Read More