Settlements, Verdicts & Awards
Multi-Million Dollar Awards and Settlements
$4,000,000 — arbitration award to clients in a real estate partnership dispute.
$3,050,025 — Verdict for whistleblowers
$2,200,000 — settlement of sexual harassment lawsuit in mediation.
$1,980,000 — jury verdict in trial of a car saleswoman wrongfully terminated because of age and gender.
$1,700,000 — arbitration award and confirmed as a judgment on behalf of real estate investor caused by fraud in real estate transaction.
$1,600,000 — sexual harassment settlement reached through mediation on behalf of sexual harassment victims.
$1,350,000 — Sexual harassment settlement
$1,000,000 — settlement of motor vehicle claim – blindness in one eye.
Other Representative Verdicts and Awards
$650,000 — disability discrimination.
$485,000 — Settlement of sexual orientation discrimination claim
$450,000 — severance package, mediated for executive upon termination during corporate restructuring.
$450,000 — settlement for physician wrongfully denied long-term disability insurance.
$425,000 — sexually harassed police officer.
$425,000 — students sexually harassed by teacher.
$400,000 — Arbitrator award to employee denied stock options by employer.
$350,000 — failure to disclose material facts to prospective employee and wrongful termination.
$300,000 — failure to pay wages to an insurance salesman.
$300,000 — settlement to older workers laid off during a restructuring by employer.
$290,000 — Whistleblower settlement
$275,000 — sales executive terminated for claim of gender discrimination.
$260,000 — Arbitration award for pilot terminated in breach of contract
$250,000 — settlement to disabled worker fired for bad attendance because he had to take time off to get necessary medical care.
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Jury vindicates fired city worker
An Oahu jury awarded a former city employee more than $3 million yesterday in a whistle-blower, wrongful-termination lawsuit.
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All-star legal team now representing Dobelle
Former University of Hawaii President Evan Dobelle has enlisted the help of several legal heavyweights in his multimillion-dollar dispute with the university over his firing.
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Former director of UPW accused of sex harassment
Former United Public Works State Director Gary Rodrigues, who was convicted on federal embezzlement and money laundering charges in November, is now battling an allegation that he sexually harassed a UPW employee.
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Car crash victim sues hospital to have medical care reinstated
Big Islander Nathan Morris has suffered two life-threatening incidents in five years, says attorneys Elizabeth Croom and David Simons.
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Student sex cases rock Kamehameha
Kamehameha Schools officials, who have dealt with numerous scandals over the past seven years, are now grappling with two separate cases of alleged sexual misconduct by students, both involving current or former football players.
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Woman gets $1.8 million in sex bias suit
Karen Sullivan lost a $160,000 a year job as a general sales manager for South Seas Motor Inc. but won a $1.8 million verdict in what may be the states largest award for sex or age discrminiation.
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Education Dept. sued for teacher's sex assault of girl
WAILUKU — At age 16, she consented to a sexual relationship with a teacher. But when she wanted to end it, he threatened to send letters along with photographs to her parents.
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Honolulu jury awards $3M to city ex-official
Nancy Olipares was awarded $3 million in a lawsuit against the city. Olipares says that she was subject to retaliation because she objected to improper spending of federal funds at a city agency.
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Fired woman wins $1.8 million
When South Seas Motors Inc. fired Karen Sullivan as its general sales manager two years ago, she claimed discrimination, saying the dismissal came because superstar salesmen didn't want to work under a woman.
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Foot Locker settles suit
Foot Locker Stores has paid what is said to be a large cash settlement to four former Honolulu sales clerks who say they were sexually harassed and assaulted by their manager.
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Fired employee files lawsuit against Straub
A Straub Clinic & Hospital employee who was fired two weeks after he persisted in asking questions about the death of a patient filed a wrongful termination lawsuit yesterday against Straub.
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Island Air told to hire pilot blind in one eye
Aloha Island Air has been ordered to pay a pilot who is blind in one eye a record $1.4 million in damages in an employment discrimination case.
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Health center sued in firings
WAIMANALO — Two Waimanalo Health Center employees who were fired in March have filed a civil lawsuit against the clinic and Dr. Charman Akina, claiming that they were wrongfully terminated in violation of the state Whistleblower Protection Act.
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