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Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment

Mar. 28, 2019

$5.3M for worker after FedEx failed to accomodate injury

A superior court jury awarded $5.3 million to a former FedEx Corp. employee who accused the company of failing to adequately accommodate his disability.

$5.3M for worker after FedEx failed to accomodate injury
From left, attorney J. Bernard Alexander III stands with his client Harold Carter and co-counsel Natasha Chesler.

LOS ANGELES -- A superior court jury awarded $5.3 million to a former FedEx Corp. employee who accused the company of failing to adequately accommodate his disability.

The verdict in Carter v. Federal Express Corporation, et al., BC658923 (L.A. Super. Ct., filed April 24, 2017) came after 10 days of trial before Los Angeles Judge Rafael A. Ongkeko.

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