Maria Guadalupe Martinez v. Pharmavite LLC
Published: Jul. 7, 2023 | Result Date: Apr. 4, 2023 | Filing Date: Aug. 3, 2017 |Case number: BC671153 Verdict – $7,445,000
Judge
Court
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Mark I. Lim
(Shegerian & Associates Inc.)
Carney R. Shegerian
(Shegerian & Associates Inc.)
Edwin Pairavi
(Pairavi Law PC)
Joshua M. Mohrsaz
(Pairavi Law PC)
Facts
Plaintiff Maria Martinez was a Lead at Pharmavite, LLC's packaging department. She became disabled with physical conditions and was provided work restrictions from her doctor.
Plaintiff brought this action based on disability discrimination, failure to provide reasonable accommodation, failure to engage in good faith interactive process, retaliation, and wrongful termination in violation of public policy.
Specials in Evidence
Loe: $305,000 Future Loe: $40,000
Damages
Past non-economic: $4.8 million. Future non-economic: $2.3 million.
Result
Plaintiff's verdict for $7,445,000. The jury found in favor of Maria Martinez for failure to engage in the interactive process and failure to reasonably accommodate.
Deliberation
five hours
Poll
12-0
Length
27 days
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