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Posted on May 11, 2012 By Attorney James Sabatini
Requests for admissions are under used and under appreciated in wrongful termination and employment discrimination cases. Discovery can be plagued with defendants giving non-responsive answers to ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2011 By Attorney James Sabatini
Attorney James Sabatini has filed a lawsuit on behalf of his client for wrongful termination. The client suffered a work-related injury. Due to the injury, the worker filed for workers' ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By Attorney James Sabatini
The EEOC has just filed suit against Texas Roadhouse Restaurants charging the restaurant chain with widespread age discrimination that dates back to at least 2007. There are three (3) Texas Roadhouse ...
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Posted on Aug 15, 2011 By Attorney James Sabatini
Verizon has agreed to pay 20 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit charging the company with failing to accommodate hundreds of workers whose absences were caused by their disabilities. The ...
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Posted on Jul 1, 2011 By Attorney James Sabatini
The recent US Supreme Court decision that rejected the proposed class action lawsuit brought on behalf of 1.6 million women does not mean that Walmart is too big to sue. Nothing in the Court's ...
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Posted on Jun 21, 2011 By Attorney James Sabatini
Best Buy recently agreed to settle an employment discrimination case brought by nine named plaintiffs. The plaintiffs alleged in their lawsuit that Best Buy's hiring and promotional practices ...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2011 By Attorney James Sabatini
The EEOC recently released its final regulations on the Americans with Disabilities Act as amended in 2008. Highlights from the regulations are: 1. Expansion of major life activities to include ...
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Posted on Mar 31, 2011 By Attorney James Sabatini
Workers got a rare victory before the business friendly U.S. Supreme Court. In the case of Kasten v. Saint-Gobain, the Court ruled that oral complaints can form the basis for a retaliation complaint. ...
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Posted on Feb 26, 2011 By Attorney James Sabatini
Attorney James Sabatini recently became a member of the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association (CELA). The association consists of Connecticut attorneys who practice at least 51% in employment law ...
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Posted on Feb 18, 2011 By Attorney James Sabatini
The answer is no. If you filed a CHRO complaint and the CHRO did not find initial merit, it does not mean that your case is over. Furthermore, it does not mean that the CHRO was correct in finding ...
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Posted on Feb 8, 2011 By Attorney James Sabatini
A recent Connecticut case involving an employee's termination following her Facebook post made national headlines. The case involved a union worker who went on Facebook and posted that her boss was a ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2010 By James V. Sabatini
New York-based Fox News Network LLC, which owns and operates the Fox News Channel based in Washington, D.C., retaliated against news reporter Catherine Herridge after she complained to Fox that she ...
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Posted on Jul 8, 2010 By James V. Sabatini
A federal appeals court has rejected jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney's plan to move 1,000 jobs out of Connecticut.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge's ruling that said ...
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Posted on May 20, 2010 By James V. Sabatini
Is an employee considered disabled under the ADA for a condition caused by medication? Well, like most legal issues, there is no simple yes or no answer to that question. In Sulima v. Tobyhanna Army ...
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Posted on Mar 17, 2010 By James V. Sabatini
The EOOC has posted comments on the recent ADA amendments that went into effect on January 1, 2009. The comments read as follows: On September 25, 2008, the President signed the Americans with ...
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Posted on Feb 5, 2010 By James V. Sabatini
If anyone had any doubts as to how harmful mandatory and binding arbitration is in employment cases, just watch this video. Not only does the arbitration deny the wronged employee's right to her day ...
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Posted on Dec 29, 2009 By James V. Sabatini
Under Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), it is illegal to discriminate against employees or applicants because of genetic information. The law became effective on ...
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Posted on Dec 4, 2009 By James V. Sabatini
The US Supreme Court handed down some bad news for plaintiffs in age discrimination cases brought under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). In a 5 to 4 decision, the Court held ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2009 By James V. Sabatini
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will publish a proposed rule that would make several significant changes to the definition of the term "disability" under the Americans with ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2009 By James V. Sabatini
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that trial judges can increase a plaintiff's award to account for the increased taxes she would have to pay on a lump-sum back pay award. With the decision, ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2009 By James V. Sabatini
On September 25, 2008, President Bush signed new legislation amending the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to take effect on January 1, 2009. The amendments broaden the meaning of ...
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Posted on Feb 24, 2009 By James V. Sabatini
They are called "dead peasant" policies -- secret life insurance policies taken out on unwitting employees -- and they have now triggered civil litigation. In Oklahoma, a federal judge recently ruled ...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2009 By James V. Sabatini
President Obama signs into law the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act overturns a Supreme Court ruling by re-starting the statute of limitations clock every time a worker gets a ...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2009 By James V. Sabatini
In a decision with implications for the nation's 24 million diabetics, a federal appeals court ruled that a Type-2 diabetes patient was entitled to the protections of the Americans With Disabilities ...
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Posted on Feb 5, 2009 By James V. Sabatini
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request by FedEx to review a $100,000 punitive damages award against it for failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a deaf package handler. Ronald Lockhart ...
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