Lack of Legal Research in FMLA Case Costs Company an Extra $80K
Because an in-house lawyer didn’t research whether a pregnant worker was covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act before her employer fired her, a federal judge has doubled a jury verdict and awarded an additional $80,000 or so to the plaintiff. Senior U.S. District Judge Norma Shapiro said the…
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