Gallagher Law leads case awarding plaintiffs $52M

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.”

Appellate Decisions

John B. v. Superior Court (2006) 38 Cal. 4th 1177

C.R. v Tenet Healthcare Corp. (2009) 169 Cal. App. 4th 1094

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