Wendy Sun, a former employee at Toyota Motor Sales, Inc., (the American sales and marketing arm of Toyota Motor Corporation) who had been employed as a controller by the company for seven years and was terminated in 2006, has won a wrongful termination lawsuit and will be awarded more than $2.81 million by a jury […]

Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, spoke last week at the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles’ (CAALA’s) 27th annual convention at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Shegerian’s presentation, to an audience of Los Angeles’ leading consumer and employee attorneys in Southern California, […]

On Oct. 20, 2006, plaintiff Elise Modrovich, 38, a pilates instructor, was terminated from her job with The Sports Club Company Inc. in Beverly Hills. She had worked for the company for about 11 months. Modrovich sued Sports Club, alleging wrongful termination, retaliation, violation of public policy and intentional infliction of emotion distress. Plaintiff’s counsel […]

Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based lawfirm specializing in employee rights, today announced that Elise Modrovich, a Pilates Instructor who had been employed by the Sports Club Company and was terminated in 2006, has won a wrongful termination lawsuit and will be awarded more than $1.34 million. Represented by Shegerian & Associates, Modrovich sued alleging […]