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RESULT: The jury found defendant liable for whistleblower retaliation and wrongful termination. It rendered a plaintiffs’ verdict of $52,460,862, which included compensatory damages of $31,135,862 and punitive damages of $21,325,000.
Many lawyers wonder how their life and practice will change when they add children into the mix of personal and professional life. They have questions, concerns, and often think deeply about these decisions when planning for a family.
Will judges, law partners, or their own calendar become obstacles instead of compatriots? What does a day look like when school ends at 3:30 p.m. and court ends at 4:30 p.m. on the other side of town? This article explores the unique challenges facing parents, and especially mothers (“Mama Lawyers”), in trial with an honest Q&A from the trial team of Maryann Gallagher, Mia Munro, and Shannon Ward.
A California jury awarded truck drivers for food distributor Sysco $52 million dollars in a case that “accused company managers of fostering a culture of intimidation toward employees who reported unsafe and illegal practices.” According to an article published in Freightwaves.com: The verdict stems from a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Sysco Riverside Inc. and Sysco Corp., in which multiple plaintiffs accused company managers of fostering a culture of intimidation toward employees who reported unsafe and illegal practices. Maryann Gallagher, the lead plaintiff attorney in the case, said the size of the verdict reflects how jurors viewed the evidence. “I think there was overwhelming evidence,” Gallagher told FreightWaves. “There was so much evidence that Sysco was violating the law and these people were complaining and they didn’t do anything about it.” Read more at this link.
In a story first published by the Daily Journal, two of California’s most respected plaintiff attorneys—Genie Harrison and Maryann Gallagher—announced a formal alliance aimed at fighting workplace injustice, empowering women trial lawyers, and changing the legal landscape for survivors of harassment and discrimination. You can read the full article HERE.
Six years, a trial, and a firing. But no end to a professor’s sexual harassment fight Inside a Los Angeles professor’s long sexual harassment fight – Los Angeles Times Sabrena Turner-Odom had settled comfortably into the rhythms of campus life at Los Angeles Southwest College. The English professor and tutoring director found it rewarding to guide students who reminded her of friends from her younger years — some who didn’t see college as a fit, others who were lost to street violence. “What I tell my students is: Education is the fight of your life, because it will change your life,” she said. But the sense of fulfillment she built over two decades splintered in February 2017, when Turner-Odom started reporting to Howard Irvin, the college’s then-vice president of student services and a former Los Angeles Police Department sergeant. During their frequent meetings at a circular glass table in Irvin’s
Maryann P. Gallagher, Viridiana Aceves, and Jamie E. Wright, scored a $10 M verdict for Dr. Sabrena Turner-Odom against the LA Community College system.
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