California Wrongful Termination Law Review

No amount of Magic will prevent you from getting sued for wrongful termination if you are a star and live in LA.  Magic Johnson is the next in our series of articles on hollywoods fight with ethical employment practices.  The Suit was filed filed in the L.A. CountySuperior Court. A lawsuit has been filed against [...]

A Hollywood production company had to pay a $450,000 by a Los Angeles jury after Andrew MacDonald was fired after telling  his boss that another employee was taking the drug in the company restroom, according to the complaint filed in the case. Supervisors  downplayed the problem, MacDonald said.  MacDonald became frustrated and asked whether he [...]

The former CEO of New Frontier Media on Tuesday said he plans to sue, claiming he was wrongfully terminated from the company. The New Frontier Media Board went on to say that Weiner appears “committed to continuing to distract our board and deprive our shareholders of the opportunity to receive maximum value for their shares.” [...]

Actor William Shatner is sued for wrongful termination.   A former employee is suing William Shatner for wrongful termination and harassment. Oscar Alfaro, a handyman for Shatner and his wife Elizabeth Shatner, claims he was wrongfully terminated after refusing to sign a release for an on-the-job injury. Both Alfaro and his wife, Delmy, worked for the Shatners for the [...]

Sharon Stone’s former nanny is suing her former boss for “racial harassment, sweatshop conditions and wrongful termination.” In her complaint, Erlinda Elemen claims Sharon Stone  subjected her to painful “slurs”  which were related to her Filipino ethnicity and heritage, claiming  Stone made derogatory comments about her Filipino accent and food and told her not to [...]

Nicollette Sheridan sued her former employer  Touchstone Television Productions  and ABC network for her work on the show “The Desperate Housewives.”  Recently, an appeals court shot down her wrongful termination claim. In a written decision Thursday August 16, 2012, judges for the Second District Court of Appeal in California sided with Touchstone and ABC, declaring that [...]

Lotus, an english car manufacturer is being sued by it’s former CEO. 40 year old Dany Bahar, fomer chief executive officer of unprofitable British sports-car maker Group Lotus Plc. in June, filed a claim against the company and its Malaysian parent DRB-Hicom Bhd. (DRB) for wrongful dismissal in Malayasia and England. Bahar, is seeking 6.7 million pounds ($10.6 million) for [...]

A report on the internet shows that an executive at a medical manufacturing firm lost his job after a YouTube video of him verbally ambushing a young employee at a Tucson Chick-fil-A went viral. Adam Smith, formerly Chief Financial Officer at Vante, is no longer working at his current job after he filmed himself making a [...]