Labor/Employment
Jan. 4, 2024
Panel upholds $23.3M award to attorney for retaliation
“A lot of times employees in the workplace feel like they’re being silenced in fear of retaliation, and Andrew Rudnicki stood above that,” said prevailing plaintiffs’ attorney Mahru Madjidi of Shegerian & Associates.
A 2nd District Court of Appeal panel upheld a $24.3 million award for an attorney who said he was fired for planning to give a deposition on pay disparities for women attorneys at Farmers Insurance.
The panel held that Thousand Oaks attorney Andrew Rudnicki did not obtain the award through violating attorney-client privilege, as claimed by the insurance company.
“The facts and circumstances of this case support...
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