Wrongful Termination. Mr. Baker represented a nurse who had been terminated following her reporting an improper alteration to a patient’s chart. During discovery, it was established that his client had reported that another nurse, at the direction of nursing supervisors, had altered a patient’s chart to omit certain events occurring in the patient’s care. The client reported this to hospital administration and the client was subsequently terminated. Mr. Baker established that following the reporting of this legal violation, the hospital had subjected the client to numerous and progressively more difficult testing, which the client was required to pass in order to maintain the client’s job. The client passed each test and eventually the hospital claimed the client had failed a test (when in fact the test was passed). As a last resort, the hospital required the client to pass an additional clinical test in order to keep the client’s job. The hospital also claimed the client failed this test. However, in discovery, Mr. Baker established that the “final test” was supposedly “lost” by the hospital’s employees. This case was resolved through an agreed settlement. Settlement amount: Confidential.
Wrongful Termination. Mr. Baker represented an individual who was wrongfully terminated from her employment of over 20 years. During discovery, it was established that the client’s supervisor had monitored the client’s daily activities and time reporting for several months. The supervisor eventually claimed that the client’s daily activities during this time frame had been improper, and the information which was accumulated during this period of monitoring was the basis for the client’s termination. Mr. Baker established that the supervisor had violated numerous company policies in failing to immediately correct or reprimand the client for this behavior, and that other employees had engaged in similar conduct but had not been reprimanded or terminated. This case was resolved through an agreed settlement. Settlement amount: Confidential.
