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Feb. 16, 2017

Top Plaintiffs' Verdict by Impact: Hernandez v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co.

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Top Plaintiffs' Verdict by Impact: Hernandez v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co.
From left, Terry J. Chapko, Diana Petikyan, David M. deRubertis and Alyssa K. Schabloski

The attorneys who secured a former AT&T Communications of California Inc. employee a $2 million jury verdict in a Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, retaliation case said the legal victory helped spark major changes in the workplace.

Just a few weeks after the jury award was announced in April, a senior AT&T official believed to be the architect of the company's alleged FMLA-targeting scheme retired despite no indicat...

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