Lawler v. Guillon Enterprises CA1/3
After leaving their employment with Crush, plaintiffs sued Crush, a Crush manager named Nicholas Karavas, and Guillon. The operative first amended complaint, filed in January 2018, asserted claims for gender and pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment by Karavas, unpaid wages, failure to provide meal breaks, and other Labor Code violations.
In November 2019, a jury found Crush liable for firing Lawler based on her pregnancy, and for failing as to all three plaintiffs to pay wages owed, to deduct only proper amounts from paychecks, and to provide meal breaks. The jury also found Crush and Karavas liable for sexual harassment against Berry and Butler, and for retaliating against Butler when she objected to the harassment.
In March 2020, the court entered a judgment awarding plaintiffs more than $305,000 against Crush, $125,000 against Karavas, and almost $135,000 in attorney fees and costs, plus interest.
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