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Settlement of Class Action Race Based Promotion Claim Against Menard, Inc.
On June 8, 2012, after a fairness hearing, an Illinois arbitrator gave final approval to the Settlement Agreement in a class action race discrimination claim brought by Kinoy, Taren and Geraghty, P.C. against Menard, Inc. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the Class Administrator will mail settlement checks to class members who submitted timely claim forms no later than September 17, 2012. Recoveries are determined by the number of weeks worked in a covered management position multiplied by $15.86. The settlement fund totals $651,667. Class members may consult their claim forms to determine the number of weeks worked in a management position. Click here to view the Settlement Agreement.
For more information call class counsel at 312-663-5210.
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Court Of Appeals Victory For Speechwriter Fired For Requesting Medical Leave
Kinoy, Taren & Geraghty lawyers recently won a victory in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals for their client, a former American Medical Association employee, who claimed that he was fired after he told his boss that he was scheduled for knee replacement surgery. The Court of Appeals ruled that there was sufficient evidence for a jury to find that his rights under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act were violated. The evidence cited included the employer’s last minute change of heart after he received the employee’s medical leave request and the presence of a back dated memorandum written by the Human Resources representative attempting to justify the termination. The case was sent back for a jury trial in federal court in Chicago.
The FMLA requires employers to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for serious medical conditions with a right to return to the same or equivalent job. Employees who are wrongfully denied leave, fired or retaliated against for requesting medical leave, may be entitled to bring a law suit seeking reinstatement plus back pay, doubled. For more information, contact the lawyers at Kinoy, Taren & Geraghty, P.C.
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KTG Lawyers Win $10 million on behalf of Black Dockworkers
The lawyers from Kinoy, Taren and Geraghty P.C. have won a $10 Million dollar settlement on behalf of hundreds of African-American dockworkers at Roadway Express, who were racially harassed and discriminated against for decades. The settlement, reached in conjunction with the EEOC, means that the company now known as YRC, will be required not only to pay the injured workers but to make major changes in the way in which it assigns jobs and disciplines its workforce. These changes are intended to ensure that in the future, African-American workers are treated fairly and equally.
Current and former employees of Roadway came to Kinoy, Taren and Geraghty complaining that they had been exposed for years to multiple incidents of racial harassment, including hangman’s nooses and racist graffiti on the dock. The workers also asserted that they were subjected to harsher discipline than their white counterparts and were given the least desirable jobs, because of their race. Our lawyers worked with government attorneys to recover more than $81,000.00 for each of their individual clients. A federal judge has preliminarily approved the settlement which is expected to become final in December 2010.
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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub.L. 111-203, H.R. 4173) provides awards of between 10%- 30% of any fines over $1,000,000.00 that may be obtained by the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a result of confidential information you reveal to the SEC. In addition, employees who are fired in retaliation for complaining in good faith about possible securities violations may be entitled to obtain substantial damages from their former employers. There are strict time deadlines and administrative requirements that must be complied with.Kinoy, Taren & Geraghty P.C. can assist you in preparing and prosecuting your claims.
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