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Health Care & Hospital Law

Mar. 21, 2017

Ex-Kaiser employee wins $492K in case over her firing

A San Diego County Superior Court jury awarded the funds to a former Kaiser Permanente medical assistant who alleged she was fired because of her association with her son who was battling a chronic illness.

By Lyle Moran
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A San Diego County Superior Court jury awarded $492,114 to a former Kaiser Permanente medical assistant who alleged she was fired because of her association with her adult son who was battling a chronic illness. The plaintiff had sought at least $7.5 million.

The jury ruled Thursday that a substantial motivating reason Kaiser terminated Maria T. Gonzalez in 2014 was to avoi...

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