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Small Case Leads to Big Judgment: SMITH LAW wins federal jury trial and $210k-plus judgment in unpaid overtime case that could have settled for $10k.
January 5th, 2024
Our client worked as an inside salesman for an electrical and communications supply company (the Company). Our client was paid a salary. Our client frequently worked over 40 hours a week but was not paid overtime. The Company argued that our client w…
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Categories: Press Release
Nursing Home Neglect: Bed sores
February 1st, 2023
My elderly mother developed severe bed sores within one month of living in a senior rehabilitation facility. Can I take legal action against the facility? Severe bed sores are usually a sign of neglect. However, whether your mother can establish liab…
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Categories: Nursing Home Neglect
Injured at Work? You May Have More Than Just a Workers' Compensation Claim.
July 7th, 2021
My name is Paul. For several years I worked as a full-time Packer in a warehouse with about 200 employees. My job involved packing and lifting heavy boxes. I sprained my back on the job and filed a workers’ compensation claim. The workers’…
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Categories: FMLA
Violence at Apartment and Mobile Home Communities: Do I have a personal injury claim?
March 17th, 2021
My name is Suzy. I live in an apartment complex. I was raped in my apartment by a maintenance worker who is employed by the property management company that operates my apartment complex. I filed a police report and notified the property management c…
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Categories: Personal Injury
Equal Pay for Equal Work!
November 11th, 2019
My name is Sandy. I am female. I work at Company X as a Sales Specialist. Recently, a male colleague disclosed that his annual salary is $12,000.00 more than my annual salary. Although he has a different job title—he is called a Sales Analyst—we…
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Non-Compete Agreements: Am I Banned from Working on Planet Earth?
August 18th, 2019
I was recently fired from my job at Company X. I received a separation notice and a copy of the non-compete agreement that I had signed when I started working for Company X. The non-compete agreement states that I cannot perform the same or similar d…
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Categories: Employment Contracts
The Family Medical Leave Act: Understanding Your Right to Job-protected Leave
July 3rd, 2019
Human Resources told me that I did not qualify for leave under the FMLA because I had worked full time at the company for 11.5 months only. At the end of my six-week leave period, Human Resources told me that the Company had decided to terminate me.…
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Is an Employee Entitled to Commissions Paid After Termination? It Depends.
July 13th, 2018
If you were a commissioned salesperson and you were separated from your job, you may wonder whether you’re entitled to receive the commissions you earned while employed, but that became payable after your separation. The answer to that question typ…
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Thou Shalt Not Discourage: An FMLA Cautionary Tale for Employers
January 20th, 2018
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated a district court’s summary judgment order on the basis that a jury could find that the defendant employer interfered with the plaintiff employee’s rights under the Family Medical Leave Act (F…
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Categories: FMLA
No Joke. Hiring Policies that have a Discriminatory Impact on Older Job Seekers Are Lawful
October 12th, 2016
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, recently affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a plaintiff’s disparate impact claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) because the plaintiff was a job applicant,…
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Categories: Employment Discrimination & Retaliation
