Los Angeles, Calif. (February 27, 2023) – Los Angeles and Orange County Partner John Barber, Los Angeles Partner Wesley Krueger, and Orange County Partner Natasha Covarrubias recently secured a unanimous defense verdict in a high exposure employment matter in favor of Lewis Brisbois' client, a food products company. In this case, the plaintiff alleged that his employer failed to accommodate him and discriminated against him due to his chronic back pain. He sought over $15 million in economic and non-economic damages, as well as punitive damages.
In May 2018, Lewis Brisbois' client worked with a third-party recruiting firm to recruit the plaintiff - a well-respected seafood executive located in Florida - for a new executive position. Since 2010, the company has required that all prospective new employees take and pass a drug test. However, the recruiter mistakenly failed to inform the plaintiff of this requirement until November 2018, approximately three weeks before the plaintiff's start date, and after the plaintiff had already left his previous job. The plaintiff, who was regularly smoking marijuana at that time to address chronic back pain, told the recruiter that he could not take the drug test in November due to a variety of reasons, such as travel and home renovations. The recruiter agreed to postpone the test until the plaintiff arrived in California.
The plaintiff did not inform the company or the recruiter of his back pain or marijuana use....
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