ONTARIO, Calif., Jan. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- McCune Law Group (MLG), a national law firm specializing in Consumer Litigation, Class Actions, and Employment Law has filed a civil suit on behalf Letishia Stillwell, a highly experienced nurse who alleges she faced discrimination, harassment, and retaliation for speaking out against public policy violations while working in the Correctional Health Division (RUHS-CHS) of Riverside-University Health Systems.
MLG will hold a press conference to discuss these allegations at the firm's Ontario office, located at 3281 East Guasti Road, Suite 100, Ontario, CA, on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. PST. Members of the Press are welcome to attend in person or virtually via livestream to ask questions.
Mrs. Stillwell has been a Riverside County nurse for 28 years. For 23 of those years, she's thrived in management and administrative roles. In 2009, Mrs. Stillwell began work at RUHS-CHS, where she oversaw six correctional facilities medical services as a supervising nurse and core member of the executive team. Despite an excellent track record, which included being awarded "employee of the year," Mrs. Stillwell's employment with RUHS-CHS was terminated on January 12, 2024.
The lawsuit alleges that Mrs. Stillwell's firing is in keeping with a broader pattern of racial and gender-based discrimination, and whistleblower retaliation, across RUHS. The complaint alleges that managers in Riverside County made concerted efforts to...
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