Jane Doe v. Infant and Nutrition Products
Published: Jul. 10, 1999 | Result Date: Mar. 24, 1999 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: LC043854 Arbitration – $70,000
Arbitrator
Court
L.A. Superior Van Nuys
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Defendant
Facts
The defendant owns and operates several stores throughout Southern California that provide infant nutrition products to low income families through the WIC Program. In March, 1997, the plaintiff, a 40-year-old manager of one of the defendant stores, experienced abdominal pain and vaginal blood spotting and sought care at the emergency department of a local hospital. After two days of hospitalization and testing the plaintiff learned she had been pregnant and had suffered a miscarriage. Her doctors ordered her to a month of bed rest. When she returned to work a month later, she learned she had been demoted to a clerk position and transferred to another store. She refused to accept the demotion and quit her employment. During the bedrest period, the defendant sent plaintiff a written employment contract, which specified that any disability absence from work that exceeded two weeks could warrant termination from employment. The contract also contained a binding arbitration provision for disputes arising out employment and also contained an attorney's fee provision The plaintiff signed the contract. On motion by the defendant, the superior court ordered the case to binding arbitration under the terms of the terms of the employment contract.
Settlement Discussions
There were no settlement discussions.
Specials in Evidence
$_________ $___________
Damages
$______ for $ __________.
Other Information
An arbitration was held on March 24, 1999, before Darryl Graver.
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