Successes

Payne & Fears LLP defeated a plaintiff’s effort to overturn a defense jury verdict in White v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc. et al. The plaintiff, an employee of Payne & Fears’ client, had alleged claims for discrimination, harassment, assault, battery, and unpaid wages. After a jury entered a complete defense verdict...

Payne & Fears LLP obtained a complete defense summary judgment for its client before the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Jackson v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc.  The plaintiff brought claims against the Firm’s client based on alleged acts of sexual harassment.  Payne & Fears moved for summary judgment on a...

Payne & Fears LLP won summary judgment for its client before the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.  In Weigman v. Everest Institute, the plaintiff sued her former employer under the Minnesota Whistleblower Act, alleging that she had been terminated for confronting her supervisor about allegedly forged...

Following an eight-week jury trial of a high-stakes glass ceiling sex discrimination case, the jury returned a complete defense verdict in favor of Payne & Fears LLP’s client, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (“TAIS”).  The plaintiff, a former national sales vice president, alleged that TAIS, a maker of sophisticated laptop...

Payne & Fears LLP obtained summary judgment on behalf of its client, a major Southern California theme park, with regard to a disability discrimination/retaliation suit brought in Orange County Superior Court and removed to U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.  The plaintiff, a former employee, alleged that she...