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Labor/Employment

Aug. 12, 2006

Law Firm Must Pay $1.1 Million for Firing Ill 12-Year Associate

LOS ANGELES - A law firm specializing in employment law was hit with $1.1 million in monetary damages after firing a longtime associate with hepatitis C, a chronic liver disease that is defined by law as a disability.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - A law firm specializing in employment law was hit with $1.1 million in monetary damages after firing a longtime associate with hepatitis C, a chronic liver disease that is defined by law as a disability.
      The case, which began in February of 2005, ended with a verdict in favor of the plaintiff Aug. 1 in Los Angeles Sup...

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