Labor & Employment Law Blog

In the recently decided Howell v. State Department of State Hospitals, 2024 WL 4997719 (December 5, 2024), the trial court and court of appeal upheld a Scrooge-like verdict by a jury that resulted in Ms. Howell’s receiving NO emotional distress damages and limited attorneys’ fees even though the jury found she had been discriminated against based on a mental disability.  A closer examination of why Ms. Howell found a lump of coal in her holiday stocking is merited.