Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP

Employee Discriminatory and Wrongful Termination

Action for discriminatory and wrongful termination by an African-American employee with 20-plus years of seniority against a major defense contractor: summary judgment of the entire action was ultimately obtained in this matter after defendant demonstrated the employee engaged in drug deals on work premises, notwithstanding that a jury had previously exonerated the employee at a criminal trial for the same misconduct.