Employee wins punitive damages for failure to accommodate
A former employee of a nonprofit family healthcare system has won damages of more than $2.7 million, including punitive damages of $1.8 million, for the former employer’s failure to accommodate her injury to continue her employment. An appellate court in California has affirmed a trial court decision in litigation stemming from an injury that occurred in 2012.
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