An employer who defeated a disability discrimination suit by proving that an employee lied about his medical condition is not entitled to nearly $500,000 in attorney fees, because the attorney fees award would bankrupt the plaintiff, the California 4th District Court of Appeal ruled in an unpublished decision. The appellate court concluded that although substantial evidence supported the Superior Court of Orange County's verdict for Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, the employer was not entitled to $494,704 in attorney fees. The case title is Jimenez v. Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, No...
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